Following the U.S.' 127-118 overtime loss to Canada in the bronze medal game of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup, U.S. guard Austin Reaves had some high praise for Canada star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
Reaves said the Oklahoma City Thunder guard is always extremely difficult to play against and that he could one day be up for MVP consideration.
"He kills everybody in the league," Reaves said, per Jake Fischer of Yahoo Sports. "He's one day probably going to be in the race for MVP."
U.S. coach Steve Kerr also commented on Gilgeous-Alexander's perfomance, saying that his team "tried everything" while Mikal Bridges called Gilgeous-Alexander "slithery" and "an unbelievable player".