Episode 2974
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Tue, 2025-Jun-24 01:45 UTC
Length - 3:29
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With 360,614 views on Monday, 23 June 2025 our article of the day is Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
Shaivonte Aician Gilgeous-Alexander ( SHAY GHIL-jəs; born July 12, 1998), also known by his initials SGA, is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is a three-time NBA All-Star, a three-time All-NBA First Team member, and was named the NBA Most Valuable Player for the 2024–25 season; that season, he also led the Thunder to their first championship since relocating to Oklahoma City.
Gilgeous-Alexander played one year of college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats and was selected 11th overall by the Charlotte Hornets in the 2018 NBA draft before being traded to the Los Angeles Clippers that same night. In his rookie year, Gilgeous-Alexander was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team before being traded to the Thunder in July 2019.
In his first year with Oklahoma City, he was their leading scorer and helped them make the playoffs as a fifth seed. After dealing with injuries the next two seasons, Gilgeous-Alexander was named to his first NBA All-Star Game and was voted to the All-NBA First Team in 2023, when he finished fourth in the league in scoring with 31.4 points per game. In the 2024–25 season, he led the league in scoring with 32.7 points per game, won the NBA MVP award, and earned Finals MVP en route to winning the 2025 NBA Finals. He became the fourth player in NBA history to win MVP, Finals MVP, and a scoring title in the same season.
With the Canadian national team, Gilgeous-Alexander won the bronze medal at the 2023 FIBA World Cup and was named to the World Cup All-Tournament Team. He was given the Northern Star Award in 2023 as Canadian athlete of the year, only the second basketball player to be honored with the award.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:45 UTC on Tuesday, 24 June 2025.
For the full current version of the article, see Shai Gilgeous-Alexander on Wikipedia.
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