50 points on 18/29 from the field with 3/7 from 3 point range and 11/12 on free throws
8 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals, 1 block
1 turnover
8 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals, 1 block
1 turnover
SGA had a decent game tonight
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SGA is far and away the best of a long line of UK guys in the league. Probably my favorite player in the league regardless of team affiliation
He's so fluid to be as big of a guard as he is plus his shooting and scoring ability A alien for sure. I would draft SGA top 3 and maybe even #1 overall of not just PG but overall if the whole NBA had a crazy fantasy draft kid is young and dominant, also having major team success.
He's so fluid to be as big of a guard as he is plus his shooting and scoring ability A alien for sure. I would draft SGA top 3 and maybe even #1 overall of not just PG but overall if the whole NBA had a crazy fantasy draft kid is young and dominant, also having major team success.
Speaking of being young and doing well I heard on KSR yesterday that Booker took over the all time points leader for the Suns this week and is only 28 years old. I know he scores a lot of points but Phoenix has had some good players over the years like Kevin Johnson, Shawn Marion, Walter Davis, Steve Nash, Charles Barkley, Tom Chambers, Kevin Durant and Amari Stoudemire. A lot of those guys have more points overall but played several places where Booker has always been a Sun but I still found it shocking that he already has become the leading scorer.
Book has went on a few unbelievable heaters too. 70+ a few times like sheesh.
UK has never produced an NBA MVP.
SGA is fixing to change that …and soon.
SGA is fixing to change that …and soon.
SGA was a sneaky good defender as well because he had such good instincts and length. Even if the offensive player got around him, he was a threat to poke the ball away or swat it from behind.
I've watched a few Thunder games and he has an excellent chance at being MVP. One summer I watched a rerun of the championship of the sec tournament where he took over the game dominated the vols. He did whatever he wanted in the game, and he's now doing it in the NBA. Amazing player.
SGA had 0 50 point games before Jan 22,2025
He now has 3 50 point games
He now has 3 50 point games
It’s kind of amazing that he averaged 30 without ever scoring 50.
1960s: Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points in 1962
1970s: David Thompson scored 73 points in 1978
1980s: Michael Jordan scored 63 points in 1986
2000s: Kobe Bryant scored 81 points in 2006
2010s: Donovan Mitchell scored 57 points in 2020
2020s: Luka Dončić scored 73 points in 2024
SGA owes Cal for his development.
Not tooting Cal's horn...but SGA was made for dribble drive
Yeah but by the end of that year it was obvious he was our best Guard by a lot. He came out of no where kinda.
1970s: 108.3ppg
1980s: 109.3ppg
1990s: 101.3ppg
2000s: 96.9ppg
2010s: 102.2ppg
2020s: 112.8ppg
This decade is seeing the highest scoring averages per game since the 60's. Like I say, the scoring that is possible in this modern league, my goodness.
It would be interesting to see fan support by decade as a percentage of population along side the scoring avg. I wonder if the beliefs that offense = fans really holds true.
I believe the late 80’, 90’s and early 2000’s were the golden age of basketball. Those were not wide open basketball that we have today. It was a more physical and grinding game. Starter’s played more minutes and games.
I'll play your game. I was an eyewitness to the 1950's etc.
3 Point shot was added in 1979-80 season.
It wasn't maximized until the past 15 years.
Averaging 108 in the 70's > today since 3 pointers were awarded 2.
Well, I don't have the stats but I can tell you for certain that more offense does not equal more popularity. I became a fan in the 1960s and the '60s and '70s were run and gun all the way and even though the shooting percentages were low scoring was high and would have equaled or exceeded scoring in today's game with a 3 point shot...and the league was dying. There just was't much interest and few tv games and all teams were losing money; the year before Bird and Magic came into the league there was no tv contract and the championship finals were only televised on a delayed basis.
But Bird and Magic had already captivated basketball fans in college and it translated to the NBA and the game began to grow again; with Jordan and the Bulls dynasty a few years later the growth accelerated, all why scoring was going down. The reason it was going down was because of how they let them play defense; guys going in for a dunk would get clotheslined on a regular basis and hand checking and general rough play was allowed. First they started penalizing the hard fouls on guys in the air but that didn't really affect scoring much but when they disallowed hand checking then scoring took off.
The defense isn't really the reason for all the scoring; without hand checking there are just a bunch of NBA players who just can't really be defended by anybody one on one and it's hard to double perimeter players who now dominate the game.
