Thunder-Nuggets Reaction: SGA has MVP moment to beat Jokic & Murray in GAME OF YEAR
Jason reacts to the Oklahoma City Thunder beating the Nikola Jokic in one of the great regular season games of the NBA season. He breaks down Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s latest step-back three dagger, OKC’s role player development, Nikola Jokic’s masterful game, if SGA has become the best player in the world, and more.
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Timeline
0:00 – Start
1:00 – Thunder/Nuggets reaction
2:10 – SGA’s step back three
12:09 – Thunder internal improvement
18:29 – Best player in the world?
23:07 – Nuggets side of the matchup
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Brother, you even Said it SHAI ist the one u need to worry. Yes His Team is Elite. They 3 Center dropped 30 Last night. But the Intention ist clear: Beat Denver every single time To prove a Point. And honestly Jokic didnt locked as unstopable in the Paint then He looked Back in the Championship Run. The Guy dropped 44 and 17 Ast 2021. Jokic need to understand that He is the greatest offensive weapon in our dass If He dominantes Like kareem in the Paint with His amazing playmaking. But SHAI Just dropped 15 Ast. Hes the one right now
Shai still isn’t particularly close to jokic if we’re being real. Jokic is vastly better on offense and shai really isn’t the great defender he’s made out to be. For shai to get on jokic’s level he would not only have to increase his efficiency but also increase his playmaking by a ton. He just simply doesn’t do anything offensively better than jokic. That’s without even mentioning all of the advanced stats that say that jokic is still far above him. We would be having very different conversations about shai if he was playing with a worse roster.
And yet Laker fans will watch Luka and Ar without Bron and believe they can compete now or in the future KNOWING both guys are liabilties on defense. U see how they exposed Joker all game?. He scored 30 but gave up 60 on the other end. 30 by hus match up alpne. Bron right now is still a better than them but its his fault somehow. Smh unreal lol
Indeed it was a good Thuggets game
How many free throws Jokic Had.. jwill need to be fouled out by half time.
MAILBAG: Would a team that complements Jokic with perfect role players and one other ball handler be able to compete with any team that can be assembled?
The team I thought of would be Jokic, Rodman/bam, Anunoby, Derrick white/ Klay Thompson, Wade.
I think the defense would be elite and Jokic would make them into a perfect offense by himself.
This has turned into a true rivalry. Nuggets fan bummed about yet another close loss but as a hoops fan you've got to love every minute of it. Wish the Nuggets hadn't been literally obliterated by injuries all year long so we could have seen what that roster could really do. Once they get Peyton Watson back maybe they'll have 15 or more games to put it together before the playoffs. Looks like the Nuggets will finish well down the seedings, so some team higher up is going to get them in the first round. I feel sorry for that team. Got a feeling Denver is going to take out a season's worth of frustration on some teams once the playoffs start.
Sga also hit the 3s against the Knicks too
A funny thing to remember, SGA was traded to OKC and Jokic was passed by every team multiple times.
I got my food ready Jason perfect timing.
Mailbag: If SGA continued on his current trajectory, adding another MVP or more, and more titles, how do you think he would compare all time against greats like Kobe who’s game is a good comp I think.
SGA is so effin efficient that analysts are now almost completely disregarding his actual shooting percentage from the floor because the only comparable FG statistics to other “superstars” are “true shooting” numbers
Only took 2 daggers in one game for ya to finally fully buy in Jason. Thunder up
I’ll take Wemby. Yes, already.
Yeah sure , soon as jokic turned the gas on in 4th nuggs walked OKC down , we both know in playoffs that’s jokic a full 48 .. only thing concerning for nuggs is cam Johnson weird funk .. last OKC cam had open shot to deal deal and yesterday was just great shot by SGA .. also wassup with this SGA push off tho man like why don’t teams get a whole video together and send to league office
I know I will get roasted for this but Ajay Mitchell looked like Jayson Tatum last night
Shai DEF outplayed Jokic in that series last year. Shai had more ASSIsTs, way less turnovers, and averaged more( 30, or 29.7) on like 50/40 splits
Nuggets takeaway: With jamal murray, jokic, and gordon healthy, it doesnt matter where they finish in the regular season; Denver can and SHOULD beat anyone and are the buggest threat to OKC in the west.
Thunder takeaway: SGA should be considered the best player in the world, and Ajay Mitchell and Jared McCain give OKC more consistent, high-level shooting than they had last postseason.
I am a Nuggets fan and that was an amazing game. Congrats to OKC for the win. See you in the playoffs.
Mailbag: If SGA goes back to back with MVP and another Chip, do you believe itll be time for some uncomfortable conversations?
Let’s stop talking about best player in the world it’s already over it’s SGA. It’s not close .
SGA was way better than Jokic last year too
Mailbag: If SGA wins MVP and and the chip does he cement hisself as the greatest thunder player ever or do players like Westbrook or kd still hold that title? Love the show keep up the hard work!
Shai just better
Mailbag question: is Wemby the next Steph curry? what I mean is Wemby’s defensive impact is already reaching unmarked territory and I wonder if we as viewers will be able to fully grasp what we’re witnessing. Just as Steph’s offensive impact has been historically underrated, I wonder if the same might happen with Wemby because he also impacts the game off ball, but in a different way: with his DEFENSE
side note: the reason this question came to mind for me is that Wemby is on a top seed in the west, which has dominated the Thunder all season, and he’s by far the most impactful player on his team because of his defensive dominance. Oh and he’s still averaging 25 points a game! And yet, the MVP conversation is mostly surrounding Shai and Jokic, and if they miss the games limit, Cade and Brown
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