Shai Gilgeous-Alexander finished second in MVP voting last season, but the way he’s playing right now seems like he’s absolutely gunning for first place.
Oklahoma City Thunder are 12-1 over their last 13 games, largely thanks to SGA and Edwards isn’t mincing his words when talking about the star guard.
“The MVP of the NBA,” Edwards told ESPN.
It’s the way Gilgeous-Alexander scores that impresses Edwards, he says.
“To me, he’s unguardable,” Edwards said. “As far as any one-on-one matchup, yeah, you can go on and give it up. Just give him two points most of the time. So I think you got to trap him. Maybe that don’t work, but you got to try it. For sure you got to send a second body, especially if he got a favorable matchup. Anytime he got somebody that he knows can’t guard him, ah, he going to score every time.”
Of course, reigning MVP Nikola Jokic has also been super consistent so far this season, but he doesn’t have Ant’s vote.
“I don’t know if they could give it to [Jokic] again,” Edwards said. “Yeah, I would say Shai. Yeah, he’s looking like the MVP, man. He was incredible once again tonight.
“He’s consistent every night. His team gonna give him the ball and just let him rock out every night. It’s nothing to think about. ‘Hey, get Shai the ball and he going to get busy, and then we’re going to figure it out after that.’ I love watching that. It’s incredible, man. If he is keeping him like that, I hope they give [MVP] to him this year for sure. I feel like he should have won it last year, but he’s playing out his mind right now.”
Gilegous-Alexander took notice of Edwards’ comments and was pretty happy with them.
“It’s a good feeling… no offense to you guys in the media, but the best satisfaction is when your peers recognize and respect your craft and your talent.”
Over his last ten games, SGA is averaging 34.5 points, 5.8 rebounds, 5.1 assists, 1.4 blocks and 2.5 steals per game on 57.1 percent from the field.
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