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Why does Shai Gilgeous-Alexander take so many free throws? Is he hunting fouls unnatural? This detailed film breakdown & scouting report explores Shai’s unique movement patterns, drive game, reflexes and fouls to help understand why he’s having one of the most dominant guard seasons of the last decade.
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if you like watching someone shoot 15 ft a game every night he's ur man. shits just not good looking, or fun even fun to watch basketball, not in the slightest.
"did you catch that" move on derrick white? yeah, the double dribble/carry? You don't get to cradle the ball with your body. And Kyle Anderson played perfect d the clip before (another guy with fantastic reaction time, unironically) and they bailed him out by calling a foul
I see NBA dropped some stacks to make a video how Shaivonte is totally not a fraud.
Its not about the free throws, its about being untouchable because anyone that tries playing defense on him and touches his royal majesty affirmative action MVP candidate gets refballed by refs./
where are your jokic videos this year?
what happened to you?
also so so many members only videos, yap, time to unsub from once EPIC channel
Are the two mutually exclusive, why can't he be a grifting god?
It's not the amount of fouls but the type of fouls, he draws as much contact driving as other guards like curry but he will jump into the contact, go limp but somehow still get into shooting motion. James harden and cp3 did the same foul baiting and for them they changed the rules yet they aren't applying to him.
How the fuck is he going to pick up the dribble behind the three point line, then proceed to take three steps, four strides to make a layup at the rim yet not get called for traveling?
Or do a hard fake drive towards the rim, hard stop pick up the dribble take two leaps, three steps backwards to create space and likewise not be called for traveling?
Either the refs need to keep players like SGA honest by enforcing the rules, or they should torch the rule book fire the refs and let the players play street ball. Selective enforcement of the rules in both the NBA & NFL is getting to the point where it’s too ridiculous to watch anymore.
Baby embid, the flop god
“The best wing player since Kobe” – what? …. KD, LeBron ect
Shai is a REPTILIAN/DEVIL POSSESSED
He's not doing anything new , he doing same thing James Harden was doing
If he stop flopping he could be great.
3:46 is a travel
Casuals will call him a foul merchant and still try and deny this obvious proof.
I wonder if these players ascended when the league lax on traveling. Seems he changes direction and moves while that ball is still in his hands, and he is no the only one that does it. Steph does quite a bit. Kyrie does it. Harden was the trailblazer for that, with his step back three.
Shai’s handle is just so satisfying to watch. It’s like, zero wasted movement. Like a fighting game
There are ethical hoopers like Kyrie and Steph that i do respect because they are trying to score first. Even though Steph does try to sell the contact there are more times when he drives and finishes where he doesnt get the call. He will complain but nore than times hes looking to finish to play and bot sell contact.
Or even when curry shoots 3 he will get fouled on the shot but they dont call it. But he will go back down and do the same thing to a player whose shooting a three and get called.
Some fouls are legitimate but i do think they pick and choose whom are allowed those called based on reputation.
Kyrie is the same an ethical hooper who goes down hill more often than not and just doesn't get the call.
I still think Shai is incredible but just like embiid or Trae young or Harden thats one thing about there games that i just dont respect.
Refs are more at fault here for the first picking and choosing though since its not fair across the board.
He’s a ball hog. Too much talent on that team for him to put up that many shots.
I would say that 80% of SGA's fouls should either be on the floor or non calls. If the defender puts an arm out, and an offensive player clotheslines himself by running into it, it should be a non call. I don't care if a defender made a movement difficult for the offensive player to drive through, if the offensive player initiates the contact, it should be a non call.
If there is a foul, but then the player makes an awkward shooting attempt and there is still time on the shot clock (more than 2 seconds, or whatever you prefer), it should be a foul on the floor. The arms and ball have to be moving up for it to be a shooting foul. This, I feel, is within the spirit of rules.
trash video
Am I wrong to say Shai is a faster less strength reliant Luka. In driving method at least.
People used to hate Blake Griffin for the same thing. He would get hammered but because he would always flop, it looked like foul bait.
That same contact is not fouls for Steph curry, so I call BS..
This dude definitely hunts for the foul. Still amazing and can’t blame him LeBron normalized this weirdo sh!%
Shai cheats the game and will get properly rewarded w/ zero rings, just like Joel Embiid and James Harden before him. If all you wanna do is go to the foul line then how great are you?
theres nothing dumber than saying uthetical hoops. jordan did that and nobody was saying that about him. you reach, i teach. Its not foul baiting, all the fouls happened he just makes sure the ref sees.
zig-zag, zig-zag… carry travel, carry travel…
Can’t wait to see your take on the MVP race.
It's a societal thing, celebrity worship and all the bias that comes with it, back in the day top players didn't get rewarded with friendly officiating, they got punished. Wilt was also 'unfair', too big too strong and too athletic, and because of that they widened the lane and hard fouls became no-calls.
Just imagine a League where 2016 Steph happened and the League immediately responded by extending the 3pt line, getting rid of the corners and made it an OFFENSIVE foul to unnaturally launch your arms into a defender's, all the while legitimizing landing zone violations indefinitely. One can only dream.
I think shai deserves the whistles he gets but I hate seeing Anthony Edwards punished for being strong and not flopping.
I love how you just put the facts out there without telling us an “opinion” or fact about shai. I don’t have time to watch shai play so all i see is his free throw stats so after seeing this video it rlly made me dislike shai less for his game. Jokic still the mvp 😂
He hunts some fouls but a lot of them are also just fowls. Not a thunder fan but the man is just too good to defend
I mean I think you pretty much nailed the current state of the offense in the NBA. Shai, while obviously very skilled, can initiate all the contact but once the defender touches him he can make it a foul.
Brunson, Trey, Austin Reeves also are the same kind of foul merchant. They throw themselves and push off and chicken wing their way to the foul line. The know the rule interpretation that refs look to see if the defender is perpendicular to the movement of the offensive player and give an advantage the offensive player. I think refs are told to "adjudicate" the defensive player and that takes focus away from the offensive players initiating contact. So it's like defensive players have to dance away from contact and give ground if the ball handler has an inch of their shoulders past the defender.
Kobe and MJ both had seasons where they got to the line just as if not more frequently than SGA. You need to admit they are foul baiters as well if you think SGA is one
Grifter? He’s playing basketball haha
13:15 that's a double dribble not a fumble
I wanna see you do one on Joker and how he is treated differently than EVERYONE!
It doesn't matter how skillfully he does it. No one likes watching a free throw merchant who flops him way to the line. Period. Ask Harden.
FREE THROW MERCHANT
Next do a why curry doesn't get a foul call
I think if he gets 4 less FTs a game, meaning that I think he flops at least twice a game, then he's not averaging 30+ a game. So then, I think the MVP conversation is closer to a draw with Joker. I think Joker still needs to get to at least 55 games won to at least have a chance
what you didn't mention is the excessive extended arm and hooking motion to push the defender, that's every possession you should know that since you reviewed a lot of his plays right? that should always be an offensive foul and you think he's good? XD
Clippers traded him for Paul George 😂