The hook is simple: SGA was not just the best story. He had the record, the role and the numbers. Oklahoma City’s success gave him the team case, while his scoring efficiency and night-to-night consistency made the individual case hard to pick apart.
And this one was not built on narrative fluff. Oklahoma City won 64 games, finished with the NBA’s best record and grabbed the No. 1 seed. SGA, meanwhile, gave them 30-plus a night on roughly 55% shooting. That is absurd efficiency for a lead guard with that kind of usage.
The stat-pack stuff gets even wilder. He reportedly never scored below 20 points all season. He joined Michael Jordan as one of the only players to average 30 points, 5 assists and shoot 50% for four straight seasons. His season plus-minus was +788, with Victor Wembanyama next on the list at +682.
So no, this was not just “best player on the best team” logic. It was that, plus elite scoring, ridiculous efficiency and almost no bad nights. SGA did not really leave voters much room to talk themselves into someone else.
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