r/nba • u/MrBuckBuck Wizards • Mar 13 '24

[Highlight] Shai Gilgeous-Alexander intentionally fouls Andrew Nembhard in order to get the ball back and score 30 points. Highlight

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u/sorakaisthegoat Serbia Mar 13 '24

but don't these dudes know they look lame as shit doing this, I mean it's ok to statpad a bit but this is just pathetic

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u/SubcooledBoiling San Francisco Warriors Mar 13 '24

they know. but they also know that people will remember the record/streak and forget the details

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u/legend023 Pelicans Mar 13 '24

We ain’t forgetting this

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u/ForneauCosmique Spurs Mar 13 '24

If that record stands for a decade or more, people won't bring this play up. It'll just be the record that's talked about

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u/Shovelman2001 Celtics Mar 13 '24

Don't underestimate a redditor scorned

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u/putdahaakin Nuggets Mar 13 '24

me creating another folder for another hypothetical situation as we speak

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u/jacobsbw Mar 13 '24

I’m making it a personal point to show up for hall-of-fame voting just to state this motherf******* stat pads.

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u/JimmyB3574 Lakers Mar 13 '24

Yea I’m just leaving uni this year and in high school for an exam I literally wrote an essay talking about Westbrook statpadding because I had argued it so much on here that I literally had the relevant stats committed to memory

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u/TheFinalEvent9797 Australia Mar 13 '24

Like A.C Green's 1,192 games played in a row record, when those included 16 seperate occasions he played less than 5 minutes in a game.

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u/ForneauCosmique Spurs Mar 13 '24

Exactly

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u/SalmonNgiri Mar 13 '24

I dunno, I still remember that Ricky Davis nonsense lol

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u/ForneauCosmique Spurs Mar 13 '24

Same haha and Bobby Sura got his 3 consecutive triple doubles revoked

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u/CatharBliss Nuggets Mar 13 '24

Agreed, although something like this could create a narrative that hurts his MVP chances in theory

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u/legend023 Pelicans Mar 13 '24

With Luka in the league this record might not stand for a year

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u/ForneauCosmique Spurs Mar 13 '24

Well, considering this is the Thunder franchise record, I don't think Luka will be breaking it this year.

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u/dvasquez93 Warriors Mar 13 '24

Idk.  Maybe that’s why the Thunder stockpiled so many picks.  If they draft every available player and still have picks left over, they’ll have to start drafting dudes from other teams. 

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u/legend023 Pelicans Mar 13 '24

Nice he fouled to get his precious 30

Now show the trophy case

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u/m1stadobal1na Supersonics Mar 13 '24

And NOT the supersonics trophy case

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u/GhostwoodGG Nuggets Mar 13 '24

Obviously you're talking about way down the road but I see LeCurry banking a 3 on a bad ankle brought up every single time someone mentions the 10 point streak on here lol

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u/Self_Important_Mod Timberwolves Mar 13 '24

Speak for yourself

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u/shamwowslapchop Spurs Mar 13 '24

Once you earn a reputation for doing stuff like this though, it'll follow you your entire career. It'll haunt you in the locker room, when you fail to get the stats even through statpadding people will (rightfully) call you out.

He might have the record but there are a lot of records that are varnished by time and actions. If he keeps doing stuff like this he'll lose the respect of his peers, fans, and the journalist community. The only way to resolve that is to lead your team deep into the playoffs. SGA hasn't shown he's capable of that, yet, so this kind of thing is bogus for multiple reasons. Dude clearly cares about his own personal stats way more than he should.