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Kendrick Perkins names the NBA player LeBron James and Stephen Curry could ‘pass the torch to’

January 24, 2025 4 Min Read
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is taking all the NBA by storm proper now.

The Canadian famous person continues to reside as much as the billing as one of many present finest gamers on the earth. Together with his impeccable talent set, craftiness and management, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is charging the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder even higher to their historic marketing campaign from final 12 months.

By averaging a career-best 32.0 factors on 53.0 % taking pictures to go together with 6.2 assists, 5.5 boards, and a pair of.1 assists, Gilgeous-Alexander has positioned Oklahoma Metropolis atop the league as soon as once more with a Convention-best 36 wins.

Picture by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Photographs

Gilgeous-Alexander’s compelling 2024-25 season was on full show as he dropped a profession efficiency in opposition to the Utah Jazz.

Of their 123-114 victory, it was Gilgeous-Alexander who was merely the person of the night time on Wednesday. The 26-year-old netted a career-high 54 factors and was an unstoppable power with stable effectivity of 17-of-35 subject targets and 17-of-18 free throws. Regardless of being left unimpressed about his total play, all the Utah’s protection was solely left helpless in containing the OKC sensation’s offensive burst.

🇨🇦 Characterize The Canadians 🇨🇦

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander | vs. Utah

54 POINTS (CH)
3 THREE POINTERS
8 REBOUNDS
5 ASSISTS
3 STEALS
2 BLOCKS pic.twitter.com/oGzjewV9YK

— NBA Canada (@NBACanada) January 23, 2025

Within the wake of this elite efficiency, Kendrick Perkins dropped a daring take that merely crowns Gilgeous-Alexander as the following man up in basketball.

“While you speak about a man, and we’ll speak about entering into the MVP dialog — and sure, [Gilgeous-Alexander is] my frontrunner,” Perkins exclaimed in ESPN’s NBA At the moment. “Let’s take it a step additional. We’ve been questioning who LeBron James and Steph Curry gon’ move the torch to, for as being the following face of the NBA, I feel SGA desires to put on it proper now.

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“While you speak about checking all of the containers, he checks each single field for what you need, not solely in a franchise participant, however a man that may truly be the face of the league.”

As LeBron James, Stephen Curry, and Kevin Durant are approaching the final leg of being the faces of the league, it’s actually intriguing how the NBA will lastly determine the one who will inherit the baton. The likes of Victor Wembanyama and Edwards are actually very best for the model of the sport with how well-known the have been already.

However in Perkins’s notion, the Affiliation gained’t really make a mistake in handing their keys to Gilgeous-Alexander. The phenom guard has been a standout expertise, and the best way he fulfills his function as OKC’s respected entrance man already affords a strong thought on how nice and marketable he could be.

With how he’s been taking part in an MVP-caliber season whereas main Oklahoma Metropolis as a title powerhouse, this 12 months is mainly up for grabs for Gilgeous-Alexander to lastly current himself as the long run face of this sport.

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