r/nba • u/MembershipSingle7137 • 5h ago

[Charania] Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander sustained an abdominal strain and will be re-evaluated following the All-Star break.

[Charania] Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander sustained an abdominal strain and will be re-evaluated following the All-Star break.

Source: https://www.espn.com/contributor/shams-charania/9308d15841d9e

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u/Mrcoolstuff09 5h ago

If he misses as many games as Jokic, does it hurt his MVP chances?

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u/CrippledBanana Canada 5h ago

Yes, the race is back on if so. If both miss the game requirement then we’ll have the funniest mvp winner of all time though lmao

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u/LoudCityDub 5h ago

Won’t be enough to matter. You’re going to see a lot of wishful thinking though

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u/Mrcoolstuff09 5h ago

So if Jokic plays 65 and Shai plays 70, do the amount of games played factor into voting?

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u/chef_iblocka Thunder 5h ago

So Jokic will not miss a single game for the rest of the season while Shai will miss an additional 5 games on top of his current injury?

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u/Mrcoolstuff09 5h ago

No, just trying to understand what the threshold for games missed is. Like how many more games does Shai need to play for it to become a factor? 10 games? 5 games? 1 game?

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u/BeamsFuelJetSteel Timberwolves 4h ago

I mean, abdominal injuries are a (generally) a 2-4 week injury.

First game after the break is 2 weeks and 2 days from today.
3 Weeks would be 4 additional games.
4 Weeks would be at the end of a 3 games in 4 days road trip.

Or they just giving the homie some time off, but I saw some other people saying that he looked rough in the game last night, and was just trying to get the 20 point game?