SGA — two-time scoring champion and the engine of the Oklahoma City Thunder's rebuild into a championship contender.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was born in Hamilton, Ontario in 2000. Los Angeles Clippers selected him 11th overall in the 2018 NBA Draft and immediately traded him to Oklahoma City in the Paul George deal. He won the scoring title twice (2023-24, 2024-25) and was selected to three All-Star games by age 24. His career average of 24.5 points per game places him among the top scorers through five seasons of any guard in NBA history. He led the Oklahoma City Thunder from lottery team to the best record in the Western Conference in 2023-24 — a team built almost entirely around him and a collection of draft picks. His scoring style is described as the most efficient in the modern NBA — drawing fouls at an extraordinary rate, finishing at the rim through contact and converting mid-range shots with an impossibly slow, controlled pace. He won Olympic gold with Canada at Paris 2024, the country's first Olympic basketball gold medal. At 24 years old he has already positioned himself as one of the two or three best players in the world and a genuine MVP candidate in any season he plays a full schedule.
Elite scoring guard and face of Oklahoma City Thunder franchise
How They Played
Crafty scorer with exceptional length, mid-range specialist, elite finishing
Lasting Impact
Rising superstar who transformed from role player to MVP candidate
All-Star 3x
Career Honours
- All-Star 3x
- Scoring Champion 2x
- All-NBA First Team 2x
- Olympic Gold Medal (Canada 2024)