Standard practice is it requires two, maybe even three such players. 'After an impressive rookie season, Gilgeous-Alexander was more than some unknown young player, but not necessarily a sure future All-Star when the But Gilgeous-Alexander has continued to grow and is tapping into the kind of potential that has some wondering if he's going to be the next young superstar in Oklahoma City. Spin: Gilgeous-Alexander isn't wasting any time getting into the flow of things, leading his team in scoring during their opening bubble game and doing it efficiently. "There are plenty of individual players that have great individual talent and ability but they don't know how to bring it out of themselves, and certainly he's really driven internally.

"That was one of the things that Coach mentioned to us: attacking first. He hasn't gotten the blame for a close loss.A couple weeks ago, with the Thunder down three against the Celtics with a few seconds left, "Every experience is different, teaches you a new thing -- good or bad -- and you just take it, learn from it and move on," he said.All part of the process, though. Gilgeous-Alexander gets his first career triple-double (2:05) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander picks up his first career triple-double, scoring 20 points, grabbing 20 rebounds and dishing out 10 assists. That could be in two years. "Because he thought, as well as myself thought, that I was more capable of what I was doing.

He hasn't played full-time point guard. "But I do think for his evolution as a player to be able to go through nights like that and keep himself engaged in the game, how to learn from those situations and come back the next day and get better from it, is really healthy for his development and growth. Juli 1998 (22 Jahre) Geburtsort: Toronto, Ontario, Kanada: Größe: 196 cm Gewicht: 82 kg Position: Shooting Guard: College: Kentucky: NBA Draft: 2018, 11. At 21 years, 185 days old, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is the youngest player in NBA history with a 20-20 triple-double, passing Shaquille O'Neal. "There's a drive inside of him, personally, to want to become all that he's capable of becoming. He scored 12 points on Nov. 25 against the Warriors, then 11 on Nov. 27 against the Trail Blazers leading into the game against the Pelicans.

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He hasn't had to call plays and orchestrate offense in tight games. But I do think he's selling himself short if he's not impacting the game in a lot of different ways. "The people around me don't let my head get too big," Gilgeous-Alexander said earlier this season.

"It's easy to evaluate yourself based on how many points you score," Donovan said. I felt we did that as a group.

"Especially my mom.

Something Gilgeous-Alexander is working on right now: a faster release on catch-and-shoot 3s. (1:30)

There's a beyond-his-years feel to him, from the way he speaks to the composure on the floor with his stop-and-start movements and casual, horseshoe-tossed layups. I felt we did that as a group. He became the second guard in the past 30 years with a 20-point, 20-rebound triple-double (joining, naturally, Westbrook), and the youngest with that line, clearing the previous mark set by "Coach had challenged me before the game to fill up the stat sheet more and do more things," Gilgeous-Alexander said.