Reggie Miller Doesn’t Understand The Hate Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Gets As A “Foul Baiter” | 3/17/26
NBA on NBC lead analyst Reggie Miller joins the Dan Patrick Show and explains why he doesn’t understand all the hate Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander gets for “foul baiting”
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Hate from who?
Reggie is being deliberately obtuse.
I hate that the refs and the league let it get to a point that players do this because it works. plain and simple. Is it legal for SGA to do this? Yes. Is it fun to watch? NO! It feels like he is crossing an unspoken rule line, got rewarded so he keeps doing it.
Why? Because the Nba media wants to promote the SGA hate for ratings. They are making SGA & Okc the villains that opposing fans around the league can root against as if they aren't hated enough
If SGA & Okc weren't winning so much. None of you haters would care! Admit it
Jealousy.
He flops all the time
Also it makes the game not watchable. We are fans. Was MJ not entertaining. It is different.
I love Reggie but your allowed to say it’s bad basketball my friend. Just bc we all want to honor the modern game and keep the nba special in conversation, we are able to say SGA is great, albeit very very boring and baity
I love when Dan has real NBA heads on, and they don't hold back showing utter contempt for his complete lack of modern NBA knowledge/understanding. I used to get irritated at how little Dan talks about the NBA, but when he does, I regret wanting more of it. I listen to the show most mornings and enjoy the banter, but when they talk NBA without a real NBA guy in the room supervising the conversation, it can be pretty funny.
Sha is scapegoated lol they try to blame all of the nbas problems on sga and the thunder. lol the best players all say what he’s doing is fair in the game. Some nights he will only shoot 5 free throws a game
The Reason for them Hating on him SGA is because he is 🍁 🇨🇦 Canadian and if he was American u wouldn't hear That
Iverson , Kobe , Jordan got to the line more than SGA
Reggie miller is absolutely correct also growing up I was always told by any coach I had
“Good players score the ball”
“Great players know how to get to the ft line”
Luka is 10 times worse but nobody says shit
Everyone on this post that commented they hate SGA or that he is not fun to watch I promise you would have no problem he was on your team doing it and winning, a lot………honesty is tough sometimes!
It's both tremendously effective and boring to watch.
Feels unfair on the defender too when he's running beside a guy who jumps into him and gets called for a foul.
We just saw Bam shoot 40 free throws, and the game was a clown show. And now Reggie says flopping for free throws should be awarded? I think Reggie got a CTE withing the past week.
Its about the body language. If you flop too hard you get called on the flop. Field goal percentage is irrelevant due to not every foul being justified, like when one flops. His consistency comes via his foul baiting and therefore people wont view his athletic accomplishments as genuine or deserved. Stop comparing Mr. GA to MJ, thats just foolish and not an even comparison.
The downside of living in this era of human history is that critical thinking is often associated with being a hater.
Reggie don't understand cause he was a flopper himself