Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

The Brooklyn Nets travel to face the Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday, February 20, in a matchup between teams headed in opposite directions in their respective conferences. Brooklyn enters at 15-38, 13th in the Eastern Conference, while Oklahoma City owns the NBA’s best record at 42-14 and leads the West by three games. The Thunder […] The post Nets vs Thunder injury report: Gilgeous-Alexander, Williams out on Feb. 20 appeared first on TalkBasket.net .

OKLAHOMA CITY — If Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander misses 11 more games, he will be disqualified from the 2025-26 NBA awards. Gilgeous-Alexander remains the odds-on favorite for MVP, according to ESPN’s latest poll, after missing five consecutive matchups, and is on the cusp of making it six. Ahead of facing the Brooklyn Nets, […] The post How many more Thunder games can SGA miss before he’s ineligible for NBA awards? appeared first on ClutchPoints .

On the latest episode of The Road Trippin’ Show, former NBA center Kendrick Perkins explained why Cade Cunningham has “leapfrogged” Luka Doncic in his top player rankings, placing the Detroit star ahead of the Los Angeles Lakers guard in his current top five. Perkins said his top tier consists of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Giannis Antetokounmpo and […] The post Why Cade Cunningham ‘leapfrogged’ Luka Doncic in Kendrick Perkins’ top player rankings appeared first on ClutchPoints .

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has strengthened his position atop the MVP race. According to ESPN’s Tim Bontemps, the Oklahoma City Thunder guard expanded his lead over Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic in the network’s second MVP straw poll of the 2025-26 season. The poll surveyed 100 local, national and international media members and serves as a snapshot […] The post Shai Gilgeous-Alexander widens MVP gap over Nikola Jokic in latest ESPN straw poll appeared first on TalkBasket.net .

Superstar guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is still recovering from his abdominal strain, the Thunder announced on Thursday. According to the team, the NBA’s reigning Most Valuable Player will be checked out again in about a week, which means he’s likely to be sidelined for at least four more games. Gilgeous-Alexander sustained the injury on February 3 […]

With so many MVP contenders in danger of missing the 65-game threshold, this race could take a sharp turn.

The defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder will open the post-break portion of the schedule without injured stars Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jalen Williams.

While acknowledging the comparisons with Michael Jordan, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander revealed how he really feels about them.

Here are the NBA players with the longest current streak of 20-point games this season, with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander miles ahead.

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 .