Draymond Green appreciates what Shai Gilgeous-Alexander does on the basketball court, despite the growing outside frustration surrounding his game.The reigning NBA MVP and Oklahoma City Thunder superstar, who scored a league-best 33.8 points per game in the 2025-26 NBA regular season, continues to be scrutinized, mostly by fans, for the seemingly favorable whistle he receives from refs in the regular season and in the playoffs, with Gilgeous-Alexander averaging 12.3 free-throw attempts per game in the postseason this year after averaging 9.0 in the regular season.Regardless of whether SGA is considered an “ethical” scorer or not, given approximately one-third of his points come from the free-throw line, Warriors forward Draymond Green applauds the 27-year-old for his ability to draw fouls. Fouls that he, most of the time, believes deserve to be called.“The whistle that OKC gets. You know, I saw Shai had [17 or 18] free throws one game,” Green said on the latest episode of his podcast, “The Draymond Green Show.” “I I saw all of that. Quite honestly, Shai is great at drawing fouls. He uses your leverage against you. He has...
Draymond Green applauds Shai Gilgeous-Alexander for mastering drawing fouls
Published April 28, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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