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Before Game 1 of his Western Conference semifinals series against the Oklahoma City Thunder, Denver Nuggets All-Star Nikola Jokic explained what makes Thunder All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander such an explosive caliber player. While many anticipate a dominant series for Jokic, his counterpart for this year’s MVP award won’t be easy for the Nuggets to contain, as […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder solidified themselves as a heavyweight in the Western Conference, especially after sweeping the eighth-seeded Memphis Grizzlies in the first round. But after taking care of business, the road to a championship doesn’t get easier, especially after the Denver Nuggets emerged victorious after a seven-game series against the Los Angeles Clippers. The […]

Shaquille O’Neal and Charles Barkley made their stances on the upcoming playoff series between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Denver Nuggets very clear. They witnessed the Nuggets dominate the Los Angeles Clippers 120-101 in Game 7 of the West First Round of the 2025 NBA Playoffs. This allowed Denver to advance to the West Semis, […]

While preparing for the Western Conference semifinals, Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault reflected on All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s leading role. Daigneault revealed his approach for the second round before speaking on Gilgeous-Alexander’s growth over the years, as the MVP candidate is heading into his second semifinal appearance. Daigneault spoke on Gilgeous-Alexander’s candor and demeanor […]

Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has seen his teammate Chet Holmgren grow into the impactful player he is today, as a key catalyst to what he has become on both ends of the floor. As Holmgren’s two-way game evolves, Gilgeous-Alexander addressed his former team and potential opponent, the Los Angeles Clippers, and Holmgren’s growth […]

Before the Denver Nuggets’ Game 7 matchup against the Los Angeles Clippers, Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander reflected on his former team ahead of a potential second-round clash. As Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault prepares his squad for Round 2 this week, Gilgeous-Alexander responded to the possibility of facing his former team in the […]

While the 2024-25 NBA MVP has yet to be announced, Oklahoma City Thunder superstar Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is expected to beat out Nikola Jokic for the award. SGA had a historic regular season where he led the league in scoring (32.7 PPG) and also led the Thunder to the best record in the Association at 68-14. […]

The Memphis Grizzlies entered the NBA Playoffs with hopes of making noise as a young, hungry team. Instead, Jaren Jackson Jr. was among many handed a harsh reality check by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder, who completed a first-round sweep with a dominant performance that left EVP Zach Kleiman searching for answers. The series, […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder are moving on in the playoffs, and they’re doing it in style. After a 117-115 win on the road, the Thunder finished off a sweep of the Memphis Grizzlies, showing why they’re one of the most dangerous teams in the playoffs. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, as he has all year, led the way. […]

MEMPHIS — After beating the Memphis Grizzlies 117-115 in Game 4, completing a 4-0 sweep to advance to the Western Conference semifinals, Oklahoma City Thunder forward Chet Holmgren came to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s defense. Despite shooting below 35% in their first-round series, Gilgeous-Alexander dominated the Grizzlies in Game 4 on Saturday. After the win, Holmgren fired […]

MEMPHIS — After shooting a combined 34.6% in his first three games of his series against the Memphis Grizzlies, Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was electric in Game 4, leading his team to a 117-115 win. After Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault applauded the Grizzlies‘ effort, Gilgeous-Alexander revealed what led to his impressive 38 […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder crushed the Memphis Grizzlies in the first two games of their first-round series, but the 68-win juggernaut came out in Game 3 like they thought they could waltz right into Memphis and easily take care of business. The Grizzlies had another thing coming for the Thunder, running up a 69-40 lead […]

As the Oklahoma City Thunder prepare for Game 3 against the Memphis Grizzlies with a 2-0 series advantage, there’s no doubt the team is led by star guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. There has been an ongoing narrative of the Thunder not receiving the recognition of the league as a marketable team, but one that advocates for […]

Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault gave a warning to his team after the Game 2 win over the Memphis Grizzlies. The Western Conference No. 1 seed once again took over a game from the jump and was comfortably in front throughout this 118-99 victory. This 68-win team has looked like the cream of […]

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and his team are outscoring the Memphis Grizzlies a combined 48-8 in Games 1 and 2 of their first-round series. While taking a 2-0 lead in Tuesday’s 118-99 win, Thunder All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s shooting struggles continued on Tuesday. Still, Shai says the wide margin of fast-break […]

OKLAHOMA CITY — Although Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored a team-high 27 points in Tuesday’s 118-99 blowout win against the Memphis Grizzlies in Game 2 of their first-round series, it took him 29 attempts to get there. After Gilgeous-Alexander turned in a subpar 17 points on 4-of-13 attempts in Game 1, Gilgeous-Alexander’s shooting […]

Mark Daigneault made it clear he’s not chasing perfection after the Oklahoma City Thunder’s commanding 51-point victory over the Memphis Grizzlies in Game 1 of their NBA playoff series. The 40-years-young coach, in his fifth season leading Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s upstart, small-market Thunder, emphasized that basketball’s inherent flaws are part of what defines the game, even […]

The Memphis Grizzlies are shrugging off a lopsided Game 1 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder, approaching Game 2 with a calm resolve that belies the 51-point deficit from Easter Sunday’s demolition. Despite the Thunder’s dominant performance, Tuomas Iisalo dismissed any notion of pressure weighing on Ja Morant’s Grizzlies, instead shifting expectations to the heavily […]

Even dream jobs have nightmare days. Fortunately, Tuomas Iisalo was able to laugh off uncomfortable questions after Ja Morant’s Memphis Grizzlies suffered through a 51-point blowout loss (131-80) to open the NBA Playoffs. A first-round Game 1 against Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s Oklahoma City Thunder did not go as planned but there are brighter days ahead according […]

The Memphis Grizzlies were embarrassed by the Oklahoma City Thunder 131-80 in Game 1 of their NBA Playoffs first-round face-off. After a lopsided, historically bad loss on Easter Sunday, Ja Morant is making guarantees for the regrouping Grizzlies. Scotty Pippen Jr. is being more practical, emphasizing a forward-focused mindset. Adapting to how Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s Thunder […]

For a team that won 68 games in the regular season, the 2024-25 Oklahoma City Thunder sure have more doubters than one would expect. Many think that the Thunder may trip up in the earlier rounds the way they did last year, but they seemed to have shut that kind of talk down really quickly […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder have all the expectations of delivering on an NBA Championship as the best team to come out of the Western Conference. Led by the top MVP candidate Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the Thunder did exactly what they needed to do in their first playoff game, dismantling the Memphis Grizzlies and winning by 51 […]

Kendrick Perkins went off on Grizzlies power forward Jaren Jackson Jr. the day after Memphis’ 131-80 Game 1 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Western Conference’s No. 8 seed was embarrassed on Sunday while the Thunder looked every bit the 68-win team they were during the regular season. And OKC did this even with […]

Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Denver Nuggets All-Star Nikola Jokic, and Milwaukee Bucks All-Star Giannis Antetokounmpo were all named MVP finalists by the NBA. After the association’s highly anticipated MVP race between Thunder’s Gilgeous-Alexander and Nuggets’ Jokic, the two are officially finalists for Most Valuable Player, with Antetokounmpo in the hunt. The NBA’s announcement […]

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has come a long way from a young prospect GM Sam Presti traded for with the Los Angeles Clippers to an ascending MVP candidate. After Game 1 against the Memphis Grizzlies, where the Thunder defeated their opponent by 51 points, 131-80, Gilgeous-Alexander took a moment to […]

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was an All-NBA First-Team selection in each of the previous two seasons, has finished second in MVP voting and led the Oklahoma City Thunder to the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference during the 2023-24 campaign. But this has really been his year. The superstar guard is expected to win the MVP […]

Los Angeles Clippers guard James Harden recently revealed that NBA players are backing Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander for the league’s Most Valuable Player award. The comments were shared by Rachel Nichols on a Sports Illustrated podcast ahead of the Clippers’ first-round matchup against the Denver Nuggets. Nichols said she spoke with Harden before […]

The Ringer’s Bill Simmons doubled-down on his MVP take, picking Denver Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic over Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. After Simmons leaned toward Jokic in the MVP race, he revealed he sealed his vote with Nikola over Gilgeous-Alexander this year. Simmons says Jokic earned the upper hand as his triple-double average throughout the […]

As the NBA Playoffs are about to begin, so too is the countdown to reveal all of the NBA awards to be handed out this season. From MVP to Rookie of the Year to Defensive Player of the Year to All-NBA honors, each accolade and all of the awards voted on by NBA media members […]

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Nikola Jokic were in a constant battle in the NBA MVP rankings throughout the 2024-25 season. While both players had tremendous seasons, only one of them can walk away with the biggest award handed out at the end of the season. That is why various NBA media members across the country were […]

As the NBA Play-In Tournament continues and the league prepares for the playoffs, media members around the country have already submitted their ballots for this season’s awards such as MVP, Rookie of the Year, and honors like All-NBA picks. The All-NBA teams hold a lot of weight across the league for a variety of reasons […]

When the Oklahoma City Thunder were eliminated in the Western Conference semifinals against the Dallas Mavericks last season, Thunder All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander blamed himself for his teammates’ shortcomings. His starting center, Isaiah Hartenstein, wasn’t around, but he knew Shai wished he’d equipped them better to withstand a contested best-of-7 series where Oklahoma City could have […]

It doesn’t seem all that long ago that the MVP discussion between Nikola Jokic and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was just heating up at the beginning of the 2024-25 NBA season. In the blink of an eye, the 82-game season is over, and it’s once again time to decide who deserves which end-of-season honors and awards across […]

Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and his team continue to climb up the lists of impressive feats, including joining rare company in the dynastic Golden State Warriors teams from 2015 to 2022. At the end of the 2024-25 campaign, Gilgeous-Alexander is once again an MVP candidate, and on a list as an individual with […]

At the end of his fifth regular season with the Oklahoma City Thunder, Kenrich Williams reflected on the franchise’s most-winningest campaign, and their leader, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. After capturing their 68th win in a 115-100 regular-season finale win against the New Orleans Pelicans, the Thunder are favorites to win the Western Conference in this year’s playoffs. […]

The stage has been set for the 2025 NBA Playoffs. After a thrilling end to the regular season, one that saw the Western Conference standings determined in the last few games on Sunday, the race for a championship has begun. However, as you look down the NBA Playoffs Power Rankings, the Boston Celtics and Oklahoma […]

Although the NBA MVP race is coming to a close, Bill Simmons is still undecided about who to select. Between Nikola Jokic and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, both have had historic seasons. Because of that, and other factors, it has made Simmons’s life more difficult on who to select. He elaborated more on his podcast about why […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder went through a rite of passage last season. Following a massive leap to the top of the Western Conference standings, the No. 1 seed fell in devastating fashion to the Dallas Mavericks in a six-game playoff series. They suffered a fate that so many other young squads endured before them. Besides […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder are possibly composing the greatest campaign in franchise history, going from a 40-win team to a certified monster in just two year’s time. They improved to 65-14 after Tuesday’s 136-120 home victory versus the Los Angeles Lakers (48-31), etching their name in the NBA history books as a result. OKC earns […]