Advertisement - scroll for more content
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement - scroll for more content
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
The Italian acknowledged that the move to Oklahoma City ultimately worked out well for both himself and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, but maintained his position: “He should give that money to charity. He should pay all $50 million, not just $700,000.”
Draymond Green: "We all get a licensing check. LeBron James, Steph Curry, Kawhi Leonard, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Nikola Jokic, they all get the same jersey sales as the rookie. Excuse me, as a rookie, you don't get a license check because the license check is from a year before. But say a second-year guy who didn't play much on a team, and the license check was 500 grand, that's jersey sales. That's all of the licensing things, right? That same 500 grand that that second-year guy gets, Steph Curry gets. It's divvied up, it's even split. And so, you could make 300,000, you could make 500,000, but every player makes the same amount."
What was your reaction to being traded to Oklahoma City in the Paul George deal. Did you see superstar potential in Shai Gilgeous-Alexander early on, similar to what you saw in Jokic? Danilo Gallinari: Yeah, you could see it from Shai too that he was going to be a very, very good player. I was older, so I wasn't shocked as I was for my first trade. So I took it just as business, you know, going to the other city and just going to play basketball in another city for another team, so I wasn't as shocked as the New York trade.
NBA Trade Machine: On HoopsMatic over the past 24 hours, Jrue Holiday showed up in 5.4% of all trades built. Among those, he was most often sent to Oklahoma City (9.8%), Charlotte (9.8%), and Golden State (7.3%), and the return pieces that came up most often were Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (8.5%), Royce O'Neale (8.5%), and Duncan Robinson (7.3%).
Advertisement
Brandon Rahbar: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has officially launched The SGA Foundation. SGA: “This is about making real impact and giving back to the communities that have supported me for so many years.” The foundation is anchored in Ontario and Oklahoma.
Durant is still a fan of American school and suggests that European guys learned from his compatriots: "Basketball is played all over the world. That's the goal, to develop basketball everywhere. It was also time for the internationals to be the best in the league. They've been coming since the 80s, it's natural that some of them became the best. The real question is who influenced them?" Durant asked. "It's the Americans who had an influence on them. It's cool that some of them won MVP awards, but who did they look up to. Jokic, Porzingis, Shai, they all wore Iverson's jerseys and imitated his crossovers. They try to play like us and they succeeded in their own way."
Kevin Durant: "And then you look at Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. Is he an international player? (...) But most of his pipeline into being an NBA player came from the American system. Where did he go to college? Where did he play high school? So it's a lot of factors into why these guys are where they are and mainly it's because of the hard work that they put in."
Kevin Durant on international players taking over NBA: It’s about time. They been coming into the league since the 80s… The real arguments should be who are they influenced by? Most of these dudes are influenced by who? Americans. It’s cool getting MVPs and stuff but who did you watch? You see Jokic, Porzingis, Shai, all these dudes with Iverson jerseys coming up…. They trynna play like us too. You look at Shai, is he an international player? His pipeline for being a NBA player came from the American system. Where’d he go to college? Where’d he go to high school?
Tyrese Haliburton on tearing his Achilles in Game 7: I don’t know if I’ll ever get over it. [...] When I strained my calf, I knew it was a possibility. We knew that internally. Kendrick Perkins was going on TV talking about 'Don't play.' Get the f*** out of here, what is he talking about 'Don't play'? I knew it was a possiblity. In that moment, everyone talks about how it feels like you got kicked. I knew right away, because Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was in front of me, so I was like, 'How did he kick me?' There was a short moment while I was falling where I was like, 'How did he kick me in the back of my leg?' And then I was like, 'Oh s***'. But those emotions were much more, 'I can't believe this is happening right now,' vs. that it happened. Because injuries are a part of the game, and I know I'm going to be fine and I know we're going to be fine as a group, and life goes on. But it was just like, 'Not now. Anytime but right now.' Because everything felt like it was clicking at that moment.
Advertisement
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: A real OKC legend forever. Congrats on an amazing career brother . Appreciate your contributions to the game
Legion Hoops: Neon really asked SGA’s dad how to draw fouls 😅 “We don’t try to draw fouls… We beat our man and they foul us… So let’s not get into this try to draw foul sh*t.”
Tommy Beer: Most points in the clutch in the playoffs over the past three years combined: 1. Jalen Brunson: 143 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 84 3. Tyrese Haliburton: 48 4. Anthony Edwards: 43 5. Nikola Jokic: 36 6. Cade Cunningham: 35
NBACentral: SGA’s dad says he’ll never leave OKC for Toronto because family would always be asking him for tickets, and he doesn’t see him leaving for a big market with nightlife distractions. “Shai is perfect where he is in OKC, and I don’t think he will ever leave.” (Via youtube.com/watch?v=EwO-0b)
