{"id":212334,"date":"2025-10-14T09:02:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T09:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/212334\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T09:02:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T09:02:07","slug":"im-not-out-there-doing-crazy-stuff-shai-gilgeous-alexander-on-why-no-one-talks-sh-to-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/212334\/","title":{"rendered":"“I’m Not Out There Doing Crazy Stuff”: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander On Why No One Talks Sh** To Him"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander<\/a> has been a stone-cold killer on the court for the past few seasons. And he has often left defenders perplexed on how to guard him. Yet he believes that no one talks trash with him since his actions are only focused on winning and not engaging with his opponents.<\/p>\n

During his recent interview with GQ<\/a>, he spoke about why he either tunes out his opponents or people don\u2019t mess with him and talk sh** to him during games.<\/p>\n

\u201cGuys don\u2019t really talk shit to me,\u201d he says. \u201cI don\u2019t do anything that warrants talking shit. I go out there, I have 30, we win, I go home. I\u2019m not out there doing crazy stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the mentality of a stone-cold killer between the lines: do whatever it takes to win without giving your opponents any space to live in your head rent-free. Just last season, the closest he came to a scuffle against any player on the court was a heated battle for the ball with his Canadian teammate, Dillon Brooks<\/a>, which ended in them laughing it off a few minutes later.<\/p>\n

\u201cShai\u2019s the scariest type of person to play against,\u201d says his Thunder<\/a> teammate Chet Holmgren<\/a>, \u201cbecause no matter what you do or say, you can\u2019t even get a reaction out of the guy. He just goes out there and kills.\u201d<\/p>\n

Considering how Shai Gilgeous-Alexander idolizes<\/a> Kobe Bryant<\/a>, his unfazed attitude towards his opponents resembles the same killer mentality that Bryant played with in his prime. But a lot of NBA fans likely disagree with me, as Gilgeous-Alexander\u2019s comments went viral on social media<\/a>, and most fans criticized his take.<\/p>\n

\u201cYour real test starts when you\u2019ve got Dray and Butler coming at you from both ends \u2014 can\u2019t wait to see that reaction.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCuz they know u will stop the game and walk to the ref and snitch.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSpoken like a free-throw merchant.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s the corny dude everyone thinks Tatum is.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFlopping definitely warrants that.\u201d<\/p>\n

But some fans also defended the reigning MVP for sticking to the job and not letting distractions get the best of him.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ultimate mood for anyone who is just quietly excellent at their job. This is so real; when your work speaks for itself, you genuinely don\u2019t need the extra noise or drama. He just channeled the energy of an elite assassin who finishes the mission and dips without an extra word.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCorrect. Silent killers don\u2019t need to bark; they just drop buckets and disappear like ghosts. Respect the calm assassins.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPure hooper energy. Doesn\u2019t talk, doesn\u2019t taunt, just kills you efficiently and walks off.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is coming off a historic season where he won the scoring championship, regular season MVP, as well as the Finals MVP after winning Game 7 against the Pacers to win the Thunder\u2019s first-ever NBA title. He averaged 32.0 points, 6.4 assists, and 5.1 rebounds over the 99 games he played last season (which includes the 23 Playoff games). <\/p>\n

Achieving as much as he has in his career is already sufficient to boost a player\u2019s ego and distract them from the main focus of their career. However, in my opinion, Gilgeous-Alexander\u2019s behavior indicates that he has truly embraced the idea that he is the best player in the world and no one can guard him. But instead of letting it become his ego, his discipline and humility show that he is a superstar that future generations can emulate.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has been a stone-cold killer on the court for the past few seasons. And he has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":212335,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-212334","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-basketball","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}