Shai Gilgeous Alexander's Rise: Could He Secure Finals MVP?

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00:00Talk to my guys here, and it may be hearing out

00:03Shea Gilgis-Alexander's case for best player in the world.

00:06Because the series against the Nuggets happened.

00:11It had the two options.

00:14The Thunder won the series.

00:17Nobody had the conversation.

00:18Nobody thought it was interesting.

00:19Nobody thought there was apparently a Shea case.

00:21I found that to be a little bit confusing.

00:23I saw some say that Jokic was the best player in the series emphatically.

00:26What series were they watching?

00:27Did they swoop in for games one and five, and that was it?

00:31Did they skip the three-game stretch where he was under 40% from the field

00:34in all three games?

00:36Shea Gilgis-Alexander, one-league MVP.

00:39This desk here, I imagine, is in the moment all expecting

00:42Shea Gilgis-Alexander to win finals MVP?

00:45I would think so.

00:46Yes, absolutely.

00:46Does anyone know the last player to win MVP and finals MVP in the same season?

00:50I'm going to guess LeBron James.

00:52Oh, guys, these guys are trivia.

00:54Whoa, really?

00:55Yeah, you better believe it.

00:56Two years in a row in Miami.

00:57Shout out to the king.

00:58Now, that would mean...

01:00I think we were going there at some point.

01:01Whoa, what are you talking about, guys?

01:02It's just the answer.

01:04Technically, this is just strictly facts.

01:06Correct?

01:06What do you mean?

01:07There's no bias.

01:09What's my ass about the fact that...

01:10I just said there's no bias.

01:11I just said it's strictly facts.

01:12I mean, your microphone's arguing with you a little bit.

01:14Yeah, I know.

01:14They're trying to cut me out back there.

01:17What's not going to happen?

01:17Now, here's the deal.

01:20Now, here's the deal.

01:21I'm going to wiggle until this thing picks me up.

01:23Here's the deal.

01:24All right?

01:25So, I try and talk to my teammates here.

01:28Oh, my God.

01:30That means that SGA is now favored to do something that Jokic didn't do.

01:36Giannis didn't do.

01:37Steph, Durant, Harden, Westbrook.

01:41Steph did it.

01:41He did it once.

01:43No, he didn't.

01:43Finals MVP and MVP in the same year?

01:47No.

01:48That's why the trivia was the first since LeBron.

01:50Are you going to actually fact check me right now?

01:52I'm pretty...

01:52I'm not the first since LeBron.

01:54It is the first since LeBron, but didn't Steph do it in...

01:56LeBron did it when he was with Miami.

02:00This is just a treat because now I get to mention that Steph absolutely didn't do it.

02:03Okay.

02:03Steph won MVP.

02:05Iguodala won Finals MVP.

02:07Steph won unanimous MVP.

02:08You know what happened that year?

02:10The 3-1 comeback.

02:11Yeah.

02:11All right.

02:12So, we handled...

02:13Tom.

02:14I'm not saying...

02:15Oh, facts.

02:16I mean...

02:17Again, people are going to get mad at me like he didn't bring up the 2016 NBA Finals.

02:21Did Jordan do it?

02:22Oh, sure did.

02:23Sure did.

02:24Do you know how many guys in between?

02:26Zero?

02:26No.

02:27Two.

02:28Shaq and Tim Duncan.

02:30The point is SGA now gets to make this case.

02:34Here, we're doing...

02:35Let's...

02:35How about some Michael?

02:36Some Michael trivia.

02:37Since Michael Jordan, the list of guys averaged 30-plus points per game in three straight seasons.

02:44SGA, Giannis, and Harden.

02:46No LeBron.

02:47No Kobe.

02:48No Shaq.

02:50No Iverson.

02:51No Durant.

02:52No Steph.

02:53Shea has been doing this for years.

02:57Shea now is very close to bringing in the accolades.

03:02And this is also his age 26 season.

03:05SGA is going to be 27 next year.

03:10You love playing these games with me, Tom, right?

03:12So, let's just say he gets to two Finals MVPs plus regular season MVPs at the end of this year.

03:20Okay?

03:20This year?

03:21But at the end of this season, he's at two total combined.

03:24Combined.

03:25What's the over-under, then, on combined MVPs and Finals MVPs for SGA?

03:32Assuming he gets to two.

03:33I think the line would have to be three and a half.

03:36That looks like to me.

03:37Okay.

03:37Yeah, I think we're about to go on a run.

03:39I would put it at least five.

03:41Five.

03:41I was thinking it would maybe be four and a half.

03:44I think you could argue, again, based on his age, based on the, you know, everything.

03:49And the fact that that team is just getting in here.

03:51The whole team is young.

03:53By the way, really quick.

03:55You know, I always have to do this every once in a while.

03:57Shout out to the GM that traded, that traded SGA to the Thunder.

04:04Glenn Duck Rivers.

04:06I mean, I mean.

04:07No, come on.

04:07I mean.

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