Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has leaped into MVP conversations, and the rest of the league is still trying to figure out how to defend him.
Ten-year NBA veteran CJ McCollum had strong words about Oklahoma City Thunder superstar Shai Gilgeous-Alexander ahead of Game 2 on Wednesday.
This is high praise from a veteran who has shared a locker room with Damian Lillard and matched up with every prolific scorer since his 2013-14 debut. While getting credit for their task of defending Gilgeous-Alexander, the collective group almost seemed resigned to the fact that their efforts were just a speed bump for the scoring cyber truck racing down the road.
“We got big rangy defenders like Nanji Marshall and Herb Jones, we are able to throw bodies at him and give him different looks so we are not throwing the same looks at him every time,” Trey Murphy III told Inside the Thunder on Wednesday before the Thunder big shot maker dropped 33 points in a blowout win.
Just like his fellow 2013 NBA Draft class member, Zeller was left stammering when asked to compare Gilgeous-Alexander to another scoring threat.“ plays at his own pace. He gets to his spots similarly to Luka . Not as good of a passer as Luka but really crafty with his footwork, his spin moves, he has a better burst than Luka," Zeller told Inside the Thunder.
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