Shai may not be That Guy...

[Crude]

Too early, we’ll reassess this thread next week.

 

[JoelB]

Braun had him in jail

 

[ALonelyDad]

He will be running the west for the next 3-4 years, plenty of time to win.

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

Same age as Tatum but no hardware to show for it. Yet. Game 4 is big for him. Don't wanna go down 3-1 to any team, much less a team that's been there and won before like Denver has.

 

[murksiderock]

I agree murk in that, I don't believe in Shooting Guards carrying a squad in 2025. They simply can't physically affect a game like a Wing or Big can.

With that said, one of OKC's problem is they have too many nikkas who don't know what to do in a tight game. If Shai doesn't have it, nobody steps up.

Look at Denver, AG and Murray weren't afraid to take all the shots in the 4th and OT, and it paid off tonight.

Its true that the Thunder don't have guys who can be consistently clutch...

J-Will was great for them tonight, though. But we know how this goes, we've seen it before. If your second best player, is your most reliable player in gut check time, there's a low ceiling to that. And if he gotta be the guy, instead of the guy who should be, you have a real problem...

 

[duckbutta]

I feel the same but this game or series is not close to being over

The way people were talking about the series before it started OKC should be up 3 - 0. Instead they down 2 - 1.

 

[Stinky Diver]

It’s not like he’s a 35yr old shooting guard with a long history of shytty playoff performances, especially in game 7s.

Ya know?

 

[murksiderock]

Same age as Tatum but no hardware to show for it. Yet. Game 4 is big for him. Don't wanna go down 3-1 to any team, much less a team that's been there and won before like Denver has.

OKC won 57 games last year, 1-seed. 68 games this year, 1-seed...

Tatum is exactly the guy in had in mind creating this thread. He taking alot of shyt now, and should be, because he's honestly had a fairly inconsistent playoff career...

But he's had his takeover moments. Shai hasn't, and he's about to win MVP. It's getting real late for him and 100% G4 is a massive game for him, as is the rest of this series. If he can't step up to the plate....."Oklahoma, we have a problem".

 

[duckbutta]

He will be running the west for the next 3-4 years, plenty of time to win.

Spurs will have the league in a chokehold around that time.

 

[murksiderock]

It’s not like he’s a 35yr old shooting guard with a long history of shytty playoff performances, especially in game 7s.

Ya know?

We held Harden to that kinda accountability becoming of a superstar and MVP. Why are we so hesitant to hold Shai to this standard?

 

[Left.A1]

He officially p*ssy.

 

[im not you]

if they flame out they will get giannis, and then the nba really will be fukked

 

[Trojan 24]

if they flame out they will get giannis, and then the nba really will be fukked

Nah they need someone with more experience, say 20+ years and a few MVPs

 

[murksiderock]

dude really out there like he's getting MVP chants to drive just far enough into the paint to give IH a shytty floater

you can have bad games and be ass but you gotta be aggressively ass at minimum

You and @Primetime get the perspective I'm coming from about Shai...

 

[duckbutta]

if they flame out they will get giannis, and then the nba really will be fukked

If Giannis gets traded I think he is going to call the shot, it won't be the bucks sending him to the place that has the most to offer. And I think if Giannis wants to leave, he will want to go to a big market and get that big market treatment.