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[Highlight] SGA grabs a rebound and leads the fastbreak with a shoe in his hand Highlight
https://streamable.com/6dcea82.9k
u/twrs_29 Thunder Apr 01 '23
the league ain’t ready for 1 shoe Shai
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u/5IVE5TAR5 Apr 01 '23 edited Apr 01 '23 •
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u/NomBrady Suns Apr 01 '23
Looks like an ad for converse
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u/JMEEKER86 [NBA] Kobe Bryant Apr 01 '23
If it's not by morning then Converse's marketing team needs to be fired.
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u/FuckThisIsGross Apr 01 '23
Or it means the nba wouldn't agree to let them use their footage to shit on Nike
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u/chode0311 Rockets Apr 01 '23
I mean it doesn't help that it's showing their product not being secured on well.
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u/Willyjwade Apr 01 '23
I love this picture thank you.
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u/uknown-potato Apr 01 '23
Instant classic, trust me.
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u/Willyjwade Apr 01 '23
He just got a look that says "where did this ball come from and why is it here?"
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u/educated-emu Apr 01 '23
Sponsorship is getting wild.
Now they are demanding you take a shoe off for 2 whole plays and dangle it in front of the camera.
Whats next?, running about with kfc bucket and saying.
"Dunk on this bucket"
/s
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u/mannoncan Apr 01 '23
This is an all time classic photo.
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u/revisioncloud Kings Bandwagon Apr 01 '23
With Russ' aerial photo surfacing in the same week?
Thunder fans eatin good
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u/bilzui NBA Apr 01 '23
can you someone switch the shoe and the ball?
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u/SockVonPuppet Apr 01 '23
Converse Marketing department should or they know not what they are employed to do.
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u/AndySipherBull Apr 01 '23
Usually you have to pay 39.99/mo to see this level of basketball
(LA Fitness represent)
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u/elite_beef Raptors Apr 01 '23
69 up votes right now. Sorry, no upvote from me
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u/Bigschusta [DAL] Dirk Nowitzki Apr 01 '23
1st team All NBA energy
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u/darti_me Mavericks Apr 01 '23
Yells at the ref while running back for D. If only...
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u/fr33b0i Mavericks Apr 01 '23
My first thought was literally “if that was Luka, he’d probably be complaining to the refs for those 2 possessions”
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u/actual_yellow_bag Mavericks Apr 01 '23
and then at the next play stoppage... and then for the rest of the game.
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u/LittleHollowGhost Rockets Apr 01 '23
If the Thunder get the 6 seed he’s my MVP.
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u/Bigschusta [DAL] Dirk Nowitzki Apr 01 '23
If the Thunder fall out of the play-in and the Mavs make it then he will be my MVP lol
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u/bewarethegap Thunder Apr 01 '23
lmao my GOAT honestly
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u/superRedditer Lakers Apr 01 '23
i really don't think many other players in the league are as good as this guy. some are taller which is the only thing really. I'd sga was Tatum size he be mvp
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u/Churchills_m8 Magic Apr 01 '23
He doesn’t even need to be Tatum size, he’s so good. Give him a better team and he would be MVP. Hard to give MVP to a 10 seed.
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u/jataba115 [OKC] Carmelo Anthony Apr 01 '23
People still include Luka in MVP talks right now
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u/Churchills_m8 Magic Apr 01 '23
That’s because he’s been in talks all season. Also a top seed at one point. The mavs downfall is ver recent.
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u/LiveVirus2 [OKC] Russell Westbrook Apr 01 '23 edited Apr 01 '23
Watch as he switches hands with the shoe in anticipation of the rebound. You can’t teach those instincts. /s
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u/TheMagicalLlama Warriors Apr 01 '23
Cool to see. Honest to god muscle memory. How many times ur in the gym holding ur shoes or a bag or something, a ball comes ur way fast, so you gotta switch hands and catch it?
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u/Rawrsomesausage :sp8-1: Super 8 Apr 01 '23
You mean hits me square in the face as I drop the shoe mid switch.
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u/Instantcoffees Warriors Apr 01 '23
That's why you're my GOAT and not this bum with his "instincts".
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u/_DirtyYoungMan_ Clippers Apr 01 '23
I read that as "drop the sandwich" and I'm better for it, thank you.
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u/Mr_Booty_Bandit 76ers Apr 01 '23
Basketball players do handles workouts holding/catching a tennis ball if that’s anything similar lol
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u/goobly_goo Nets Apr 01 '23
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u/Jamuraan1 Mavericks Apr 01 '23
This is straight up the goofiest picture I've ever seen that's not photoshopped
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u/goobly_goo Nets Apr 01 '23
Like why did they choose THIS PIC to put on the front page of the website?! ESPN is hilarious for this though.
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u/bbob_robb Supersonics Apr 01 '23
If this was a shoe advertisement I'd love it. I actually want to buy that shoe now. Edit: two of them
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u/Responsible-Still839 Apr 01 '23
Shai Shoeless-Alexander
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u/Chadme_Swolmidala Hornets Apr 01 '23
Shoeless stat padding smh
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u/revisioncloud Kings Bandwagon Apr 01 '23
Officially leads the league in single-shoe rebounds. Cannot say the same for Embiid/ Giannis/ Jokic smh
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u/Smellmyhand [SAS] Devin Brown Apr 01 '23
This is actually one of the sickest things I’ve seen in an NBA game. This dude don’t quit
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u/ProsecUsig Mavericks Apr 01 '23
Other refs would have called travel as the shoe is part of the floor
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u/EaseofUse 76ers Apr 01 '23
more soul
than sock
with hole
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u/AashyLarry [MIA] Dwyane Wade Apr 01 '23
Reads like an Elden Ring message
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u/Pizzaplan3tman [CLE] LeBron James Apr 01 '23
You don’t have the right!
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u/-BeefSupreme Apr 01 '23
Shit dude now I want to play again
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u/Pizzaplan3tman [CLE] LeBron James Apr 01 '23
Is this Dog? In all seriousness it’s worth the play through again new DLC is coming out soon
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u/-BeefSupreme Apr 01 '23
I didn’t even get thru Leyndell and I was 100+ hours in. Too much time mucking around
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u/cjcfman Raptors Apr 01 '23
Thats how we play basketball in canada, but we have a hockey stick in the other hand
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u/SenorButtmunch Heat Apr 01 '23
I don't wanna be that guy...but should this be allowed? I mean wtf is even happening when dude has control of the ball with a shoe in his other hand lmao. What else can you hold while playing? What if the shoe was real stinky, that could put off opponents and give you an advantage? Shoe Gilgeous Alexander is a menace
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u/forever87 Heat Apr 01 '23
but should this be allowed?
but shoe'd this be allowed?
What if the shoe was real stinky, that could put off opponents and give you an advantage?
flagrant foul
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u/Gretchtastic Pistons Apr 01 '23
More like fragrant foul
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u/Rawrsomesausage :sp8-1: Super 8 Apr 01 '23
Yeah homie goofed on that one.
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u/forever87 Heat Apr 01 '23
yeah I'm a bone head for that one
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u/tusslemoff Apr 01 '23
Nah bro you threw an oop, you a team player.
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u/Funny-Examination3 Lakers Apr 01 '23
What if everyone on the Warriors made a wall around Steph, and then held pairs of Draymond's stinky sneakers in each hand?
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u/gapmoeisjustice Pistons Apr 01 '23
Hell, he could use it for an extra few inches on his wingspan for a block or pass deflection.
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u/HoopsMcCann750 Pacers Apr 01 '23
Not pictured: Jordan Nwora taking a contested three while Mathurin stands wide open in the corner next to him because Shai can’t get back on defense fast enough.
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u/supercharged0709 Apr 01 '23
Is it a foul if another player grabbed the shoe out of his hand and threw it far away?
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u/BusinessofShow [CLE] Mark Price Apr 01 '23
Random thought: would the NBA be better if they played shoeless all the time? I’d like to find out
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u/yoppee Apr 01 '23
That seems dangerous fwiw
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u/treyhunna83 Apr 01 '23 edited Apr 01 '23
Nah nba socks have grips on bottom. It’s why u don’t see any sliding
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u/desertdungarees Trail Blazers Apr 01 '23
What shoe is that? I like that drab olive color for some balling kicks. I want a pair.
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u/make-that-monet Kings Apr 01 '23
How tf do you get outrebounded by a man standing flatfooted holding his own shoe lmao? Great play by Shai though
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u/Riley_ Apr 01 '23
You fight for the inside position on rebounds. The ones that bounce 15 feet are mostly just luck of who is there.
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u/make-that-monet Kings Apr 01 '23
True. Just the image of a guy at a complete standstill like that somehow nabbing it is so funny
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u/WallStreetDoesntBet Apr 01 '23
If SGA leads OKC to a Play-In game, that’s the true definition of the "Mamba Mentality"!
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u/Equalizer101 Lakers Apr 01 '23
Why would you guard him?
He can't shoot the ball with one hand.
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u/Semi-Aquatic Apr 01 '23
That just makes me wonder what if an NBA player took off their shoe and uses it to block a shot
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u/allknowerofknowing Bulls Apr 01 '23
A truly disgusting act. Throw him out of the league. I'm gonna be fucking sick
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u/acanthocephalic Apr 01 '23
Wouldn't stand a chance agaiinst Tyson Chandler, top tier shoe defender
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Apr 01 '23
It's insulting how SGA complained that first play was a foul, c'mon now, how soft can you be? A little bit of contact after completing the shot, that's nothing, the NBA players nowadays are so soft and pampered
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u/DetectiveFujiwara Apr 01 '23
Where was the foul he cried about there? Doesn't he already get at least 10 free throws a game?
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u/slidingjimmy Apr 01 '23
Surely should call a break in play there. Clearly didn’t lose the shoe on purpose
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u/IntraspaceAlien Slim Reaper #35 Apr 01 '23
Refs never stop the game for it. Team either has to call a timeout or foul on purpose.
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u/PopularParrot :gfl-1: Grand Floridian Apr 01 '23
Doesn’t he say he doesn’t complain to refs? Doesn’t he do that in this video?
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u/LongDongFuey Timberwolves Apr 01 '23
One of my all-time favorite UK players. You could literally see him grow as a player as the year progressed.
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u/MrMrRogers Wizards Apr 01 '23
If he deflects the ball with a shoe in his hand, is that a kick ball?
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u/legobowser Supersonics Apr 01 '23
Settles the mvp debate