When you're at the pinaccle of basketball excellence that Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is playing with right now, you're bound to have greats of the past give credit

Then he emerges from the locker room and everything changes because before the game even starts, before he drops another 30 points or more on some unlucky soul, Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander sets himself apart from everyone else. As he has all season.