'I Think I'm the Best Player in the NBA.' The Excellence of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
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—Photography by Sharif Hamza for TIME Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had not seen the Onion headline. We are talking in the back of a black SUV, parked in front of his offseason home in the Toronto suburbs, when I mention the bit of satire that went viral during the Western Conference Finals in May. I hand him my phone and he laughs. “Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Trying to Draw Foul While Shooting Free Throw,” reads the headline, which is…
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