The ex-teammate of LeBron James shows what Shai Gilgeous-Alexander feels about the criticism of his free throws

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has been under the microscope of public control since it became a name that was constantly used in the MVP price discussion. And two days ago he finally secured his first Michael Jordan MVP Award. He led the league in the rating, but also had the second most freely free throws according to Giannis Antetocounmpo.

It is therefore very tested because his playing style foul corresponds to a form of art as equivalent. So much that opposing trainers even called him a “lazy artist”. A former NBA champion, Richard Jefferson, was in the Cavaliers team of LeBron James 2016. He claimed that he had spoken to Shai Gilgeous -Alexander about what he felt about this free throwing criticism.

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Jefferson said: “I carried out a million interviews, we carried out a million in this podcast, we were with Hall of Famers in changing rooms. Shai is one of the most impressive people I talked to. So let’s do the whole interview, I go, I am so that you know.

He further added that “This is Cerebral again, he says it with a smile that is so committed (at channeling point). He says: ‘You know what is crazy about it? Two years ago I achieved almost 11 free throws per game, but we have 10th place and nobody cares about it. And he only means that you do not care that I sent your best player home and not sent your team home.

Divers in Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Free throwing statistics

While the data has interpreted that the SGA’s performance in the playoffs would not be near Anthony Edwards’ Standard, what SGA locations apart on the entire regular season is. In the regular season, Gilgeous-Alexander achieved an average of 8.8 free throwing attempts per game, of which he made an average of 7.9.

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Therefore, he scored 8 points from the free sausage line and 25 from the 32.7 points per game that he had averaged. Which is not that much compared to other MVPs. SGA takes 27th place in free throwing in one season from an MVP winner. Even players like Lebron James (13th and 24th place), Kevin Durant (19th rank), Russell Westbrook (12th place), James Harden (15th place), Shaquille O’Neal (11th place) and even Michael Jordan (8th place) had more free attempts this season. If the volume is not the problem, is criticism justified?

What seems to be misunderstood here is that SGA is not checked when he goes into the free -wire line, but for what he does to get there at all. He initiates contact, does not fall over anything and still gets calls in his favor with minimal or even contact in the incident. To see that this happened on several occasions, the fans and trainers believe that SGA gets a special pipe that no other player does in the league.

Do you think that Gilgeous-Alexander gets a special pipe and benefits from the biased treatment of the officials? Let us know what you think in the comment area.

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