Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: I don’t see nothing wrong with the 65-game awards rule

Here’s Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander on his thoughts regarding the 65-game eligibility rule for NBA postseason awards following last night’s 127-121 overtime home win vs. the Denver Nuggets (36 points/3 rebounds/9 assists/2 steals/2 blocks/12-29 FG/12-13 FT/+16 +/- in 34 minutes). 

(via Oklahoma City Thunder):

“I mean, health is first and foremost. So if I couldn’t go tonight, I wouldn’t force it. If I couldn’t go in these next six, I wouldn’t force it for the requirement, because my health is first and foremost over awards and things like that. Now I don’t mind the rule, just because in history, the guys that have won awards have played most of the season. So it’s like whether there’s a hard line or not, you have to play most of the games. Most of the time it’s 65% of them or 65 out of the 82 to win an award. So, I think it’s reasonable. I don’t think it’s a far stretch. I don’t see nothing wrong with it.”