{"id":489010,"date":"2026-03-20T22:00:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T21:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=489010"},"modified":"2026-03-20T22:00:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T21:00:21","slug":"sga-responds-to-criticism-when-fans-start-to-hate-you-youre-doing-something-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/sga-responds-to-criticism-when-fans-start-to-hate-you-youre-doing-something-right\/","title":{"rendered":"SGA responds to criticism: \u201cWhen fans start to hate you, you\u2019re doing something right\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"1466\" data-end=\"1840\">Shai Gilgeous-Alexander answered criticism over his trips to the foul line with a broader point about the path of NBA superstars:<br data-start=\"1595\" data-end=\"1598\" \/>\u201c<strong data-start=\"1599\" data-end=\"1838\">Everybody in the history of the NBA has an arc where everyone loves them, and then everyone hates them. 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