Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

The NBA MVP race will come down to who can remain healthy in the final several weeks of the regular season. Throughout the first half of the year, Nikola Jokic was sitting pretty at the top of the MVP rankings, but then he suffered a knee injury, resulting in Shai Gilgeous-Alexander overtaking him. Now that […] The post ClutchPoints’ NBA MVP Mondays: Nikola Jokic seizes No. 1 spot coming out of All-Star break appeared first on ClutchPoints .

Vaughn Dalzell breaks down the MVP race as the second half of the NBA season starts!

Here’s Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander on where his leadership qualities come from. (via NBA on NBC): “Growing up, my parents were always like, ‘Always be the leader.’ Like if I came home and I got in trouble and I was like, ‘Oh, my friend was doing this.’ The roof was bout to come […] The post Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: “Being a follower was never allowed in my house” appeared first on TalkBasket.net .

Rockets star Kevin Durant has grown close to Thunder big man Chet Holmgren over the years because they share a similar mindset, writes Justin Martinez of The Oklahoman (subscriber link). “He wants to be great,” Durant told The Oklahoman. “It’s that simple. A lot of people don’t want to be great. They don’t want to […]

Jaylen Brown is willing to participate if the NBA introduces a 1-on-1 tournament at All-Star Weekend.

Ahead of his first All-Star appearance, Oklahoma City Thunder’s Chet Holmgren reflected on how he took his game to new heights during Meday Day on Saturday. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander endorsed Holmgren’s first All-Star selection, considering it a no-brainer. Gilgeous-Alexander sees the work Chet puts in during practice, but the Thunder starting forward says putting in overtime […] The post The biggest thing Thunder’s Chet Holmgren credits for All-Star leap appeared first on ClutchPoints .

San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle has the daunting assignment of defending two of the top leading scorers in the Los Angeles Lakers, All-Star Luka Doncic, and the Oklahoma City Thunder’s All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. Whenever the Spurs face either the Lakers or the Thunder, it’s his responsibility to stay in front of the NBA’s leading […] The post Spurs’ Stephon Castle gets 100% real on defending Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Luka Doncic appeared first on ClutchPoints .

OKLAHOMA CITY — Head coach Mark Daigneault and the Oklahoma City Thunder head into the All-Star break 5-6 in their last 11 games. Since its historic 24-1 start, the defending champions’ adversities have piled on since losing All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander to an abdominal injury. After missing the first 19 games of the regular season due […] The post How Mark Daigneault kept it 100 about Thunder’s recent struggles appeared first on ClutchPoints .

Nikola Jokic, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander go into the All-Star break as the three leaders in the NBA in PER with each holding a mark above 30.0. A 30.0 PER is historically a benchmark of regular season MVPs. Behind that triumvirate to round out the top-10 are Victor Wembanyama, Kawhi Leonard, Luka Doncic, Joel Embiid, Jalen Duren, Jimmy Butler and Donovan Mitchell. NBA PER (Pre-All-Star Break): 1. Nikola Jokic: 34.3 2. Giannis Antetokounmpo: 32.8 3. Shai Gilgeous-Alexand...

KD and Hakeem discuss the transformation of hoops over the years, comparing the physical, center-heavy ’90s era to today’s shooter-driven game.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Coach Mark Daigneault and the Oklahoma City Thunder lost to a Giannis Antetokounmpo-less Milwaukee Bucks team in a 110-93 blowout at home on Thursday. The Thunder faced the Bucks without Jalen Williams and All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who missed his fifth consecutive game with an abdominal injury. After the loss, Daigneault pointed to […] The post Thunder’s Mark Daigneault reveals biggest reason for stunning Bucks upset appeared first on ClutchPoints .

PHOENIX (AP) — Jalen Williams scored 28 points, Isaiah Joe added 21 and the hot-shooting Oklahoma City Thunder cruised to a 136-109 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday night. Oklahoma City led by at least 20 points for the entire second half, pushing the advantage to 37 in the third. Williams shot 11 of 12 from the field and added five assists and four rebounds. Joe made 6 of 8 3-pointers. Kenrich Williams added 15 points and Chet Holmgren had 13. The defending champion Thunder — who h...

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Isaiah Joe has been the much-needed consistent spark off the bench for head coach Mark Daigneault as the defending champions continue its regular season without All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. With SGA ruled out through the All-Star break, Joe’s dunk over LeBron James was a highlight reel moment in the Thunder’s win against […] The post Isaiah Joe’s elite shooting leads Thunder bench production amid SGA’s absence appeared first on ClutchPoints .

As the NBA prepares to break for its annual All-Star weekend festivities, a pair of players are climbing the MVP ladder with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander sidelined. Nikola Jokić returned from injury just in time to remain eligible for the 65-game minimum required…

LeBron James says the Lakers are not a "championship team" compared to the Thunder.

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Lakers’ three-game winning streak was snapped following their 119-110 loss to the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday night, a game in which the Thunder were short-handed without All-Star guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. It was a game the Lakers were in until late in the fourth quarter, and from head […] The post JJ Redick singles out Lakers’ LeBron James misstep in Thunder loss appeared first on ClutchPoints .

Austin Reaves did not avoid accountability after the Los Angeles Lakers fell 119-110 to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday night at Crypto.com Arena, pointing to his own execution and emotional control as key factors in the fourth-quarter swing. “They made more plays than us,” Reaves said after the loss that dropped the Lakers to […] The post Austin Reaves admits frustration and second-half struggles after Thunder beat Lakers appeared first on TalkBasket.net .

Jalen Williams scored 15 of his 23 points in the second half of his return from a 10-game injury absence, and the Oklahoma City Thunder snapped their two-game skid with a 119-110 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday night. Reigning league MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and current NBA scoring leader Luka Doncic both sat out due to injuries, leaving their supporting casts to play a Thunder-style physical game featuring 52 combined free throws. LeBron James scored 14 of his 22 points in t...