Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander still isn’t close to a return, according to head coach Mark Daigneault, who said on Wednesday that the guard will be out for at least the first half of April, per ESPN’s Royce Young. Gilgeous-Alexander has been diagnosed with plantar fasciitis in his right foot.
“(Mid-April) will be our next touchpoint with him,” Daigneault said, indicating that Gilgeous-Alexader will be reevaluated in about two weeks. “He’s progressing and doing his thing.”
Gilgeous-Alexander has had his best season as a pro so far in 2020/21, averaging 23.7 PPG, 5.9 APG, and 4.7 RPG on .508/.418/.808 shooting in 35 games (33.7 MPG).
However, as Young observes, the Thunder want to be careful with SGA’s workload, since the team is coming off a shortened offseason and the former lottery pick may play for Team Canada in the Olympic qualifiers this summer, resulting in another abridged break between seasons.
Additionally, the 20-27 Thunder are signaling that they’re not exactly going all-out in a push for one of the final playoff spots in the West this season, having traded away veteran guard George Hill and sat big man Al Horford. Still, the expectation is that Gilgeous-Alexander will return before the end of the season, says Young.
in other words OKC is tanking and he’s getting paid to not play (like horford) and once we get to mid April, OKC will say it’s pointless to play him the last few games.
That’d be pretty shady. Also idk why you are comparing Horford to SGA.
There’s no comparison as far as their game go…..but both are sitting out currently and neither is really injured IMO. Maybe you didn’t know that? Only reason you’d post that.
One of them learned the game playing pickup with a brontosaurus. The other is in his prime and hurt.
Don’t slander the Thunder org because it fits your narrative. If they say he’s hurt, he’s hurt, until you can prove otherwise with a verified source.
I’ll wait…
Lol….”slandering the thunder”. Wow. You really don’t know what they’re doing. Like absolutely zero clue. They NEED to lose….what part of that are you missing? Have you seen the starting lineup the past few games? Why would they tell horford to not play? SGAs injury is F.A.K.E. It’s the easiest injury to claim that literally no one can prove.
Also once again you’re comparing the playing style of horford and and SGA….why? The only point made is both are sitting on a bench when they could be playing. Stop comparing the playing styles….that’s not a point here.
You must be new here. Having the worst record does not guarantee a top pick. That’s the whole point of the lottery system. You claim they are tanking on purpose — I have to ask why?
If I am SGA or his agent, why would I benefit an organization by letting them lie about me when it could damage my career down the line? Someone who has never dealt with injury is far more valuable than someone who has, and when it comes to future contract negotiations these are points of leverage.
I know it’s like simple, and very “1+1” for casuals like you to view an injury as tanking, but what you’re doing right now is slander and outright lying unless, again, you can prove it, which so far you can’t. So just stop. Ok? Good boy.
You’re in a strange state.
I can’t imagine being so out of touch with reality that you can’t see what’s going on. Blows my mind. But here we are. Least others, including local sports radio here (107.7 and 98.1) have both shared the SAME opinion as mine. Thunder.are.tanking….just not very well.
And don’t tell me what to do scooter. It’s an opinion board, I’m free to express that opinion here.
Of course local sports radio would feed into a controversial topic. Their goal is to get listeners so they can sell advertising. If you choose to join the bandwagon and believe it, sure, that’s your choice. You’re entitled to your own opinion, even if it makes no sense.
Don’t you dare call me scooter again…
ROOOOOOLLLLLL the Tanks …..
This draft is too good not to take advantage of.
OKC is trying their absolute hardest to tank and they still have a better record than the Bulls. Lol