New Star, Old School – AS.com

Shay Gilgeous-Alexander’s mother, Charmaine, was named John Calipari, coaching institution from kentucky when his son was playing well so he wouldn’t patronize him and follow him Tighten the nuts. Shai, 4-star project ESPN (not the top five players in the NCAA with top high school stars), he chose Florida State in 2015 but dropped out a few months later because he wanted to join the most competitive team and knew Calipari had a trick: guard (base and shooting guard) has a great NBA future.from his hands John Wall, Brandon Knight, Eric Bledsoe, Devin Booker, Dearon Fox, Tyler Herro…and Shay (25 years old, 1.98 meters) Just one year after coming from the Sixth Man to the Wildcats’ bench, he shattered expectations and rose to No. 1 in the league 11th pick in the 2018 draft.

Charmaine, a former Antigua and Barbuda Olympian (she ran the 400m in Barcelona 92), moved with her family from Toronto to Hamilton, a seaport city southwest of the megacity, when Shay was a child .There was a boy there and he is today One of the NBA’s lesser-known greats, most unprofessional. Probably because he played for the Oklahoma City Thunder and didn’t have the media exposure of other top players. but, carefulThe 2022-23 season will definitely explode. already All-StarEntered the best five-man team, averaging 31.4 points and 5.5 assists per game, shooting 51% from the field. He left Michael Jordan himself as the guard Youngest player to score at least 30 points in an NBA season while shooting 50 percent from the field.

After being drafted by the Hornets, he was sent to the Clippers, while Carolina struggled with Miles Bridges underdog.He spent a year with the Clippers and ended up They traded him to the Thunder in the summer of 2019 to reunite Paul George and Kawhi Leonard.Angelenos are looking for their PopularThey resist as much as possible. But Shai is a non-negotiable piece for the Thunder, a condition for waiving Paul George without whom Kawhi would not have signed with the Clippers. Or with Shay gone, there would be no Kawhi and George. Four years later, in Los Angeles, they have not yet achieved glory with two stars, but in the Thunder they have passed Shai, a new star and air old-fashionedAn unforgettable taste of basketball in a lifetime.

In the Clippers, his then-teammate Lou Williams and former player San Cassel (andman who whispered to the baseAccording to Doc Rivers) determined to make Shai a star, he impressed Chris Paul in his lone season at Oklahoma:”He said recently that the player who surprised me the most was him.i point to godone of the best bases in history. Three-time Sixth Man of the Year Williams talks about Shai rookie All stars “must have their signature shot”.He has to “use the fact that he’s a big point guard and longbreak through the defenders and shoot.”

That’s what Shai is: swimming against the current, He doesn’t play at full speed, make powerful jumps, or shoot 3s with his eyes closed.This is basketball from another era. He plays at his own pace, thinks faster than he moves, and scores in situations where no one else can, on shortened layups or mid-range situations that advanced stat buffs don’t like very much these days. Condition. He’s improving from the three-point line, his size makes him a good defender, and, indeedthrowing away many who stood in his way. with a dribble special, essential playgroundHe also has a talent for showing up on the burn. A superstar with all the letters.

The great hope of this new Canada, He lost his best partners at this World Cup in Jamal Murray and Andrew Wiggins. But he has his cousin Nicole Alexander-Walker on his team, with whom he grew up playing Games One on one, not giving up an inch. Then there’s Lu Dort, who is so close to the Thunder that, due to Shai’s needle phobia, he’s by his side and holds his hand when he has to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Leaders on the track, serious people off the track, He loves fashion, he returns to Hamilton every summer and trains with his lifelong friend every morning. “It’s a little bit of home,” he says, taking a break from the madness of the NBA. One thing left his Thunder coach, Mark Daigneault, dumbfounded: “He can have anything he wants. If we have to put sneakers on him to go to Hawaii with him, we Will put sneakers on him. But he prefers to stay in Hamilton and train with friends.