{"id":55744,"date":"2025-05-22T02:44:23","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T01:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=55744"},"modified":"2025-05-22T02:49:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T01:49:24","slug":"oklahoma-city-thunders-star-guard-shai-gilgeous-alexander-named-nba-mvp-2024-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/oklahoma-city-thunders-star-guard-shai-gilgeous-alexander-named-nba-mvp-2024-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Oklahoma City Thunder\u2019s Star Guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Named NBA MVP 2024-25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The NBA announced the Oklahoma City Thunder&rsquo;s star point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander as the 2024-25 Kia NBA Most Valuable Player. Gilgeous-Alexander earned his career&rsquo;s first Michael Jordan Trophy as he beat fellow finalists including Denver Nuggets&rsquo; center Nikola Jokic and Milwaukee Bucks&rsquo; Giannis Antetokounmpo. Last year, the 26-year-old finished behind Jokic as the Serbian won his third MVP Award.&nbsp;<\/p><p>SGA, as he is better known as, finished the 2024-25 regular season with an average of 32.7 points, 5.0 rebounds, 6.4 assists, and 1.7 steals per contest. He led the league in scoring, while shooting 51.9% from the field and 89.8% from the free throw line. With him at the helm, the OKC Thunder recorded a historical season, with a league-best record of 68-14, as well as the best defensive rating of 100.7, net rating of 14.6 and fourth-best offensive rating of 115.3.&nbsp;<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">THREE LETTERS.<br><br>SGA = MVP<br><br>YOUR 2024-25 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KiaMVP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>#KiaMVP<\/a>, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QfhD0DJkjA\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/QfhD0DJkjA<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1925331282919399630?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>May 21, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Gilgeous-Alexander is the second Canadian to earn the honor, along with Steve Nash, who won back-to-back awards in 2004-05 and 2005-06. The three-time NBA All-Star, who won 71 first-place votes and 913 total votes, is also the third player to win the honor with the Thunder. He joined the likes of Kevin Durant (2013-14) and Russell Westbrook (2016-17) to be adjudged the MVP with the franchise.&nbsp;<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A global media panel of 100 voters selected the winner of the 2024-25 Kia NBA Most Valuable Player Award.<br><br>The complete voting results &#11015;&#65039; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j4nqOAWVT2\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/j4nqOAWVT2<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NBA Communications (@NBAPR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBAPR\/status\/1925329109539807361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>May 21, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>As of now, SGA is averaging 29.2 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 6.6 assists per game in the NBA Playoffs 2025, as Oklahoma City is leading the Minnesota Timberwolves 1-0 in the Western Conference Finals.&nbsp;<\/p><p><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/mavericks-target-134m-trade-2-time-nba-champ-jrue-holiday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Mavericks Target $134M Trade for 2-Time NBA Champ Jrue Holiday to Boost Title Hopes<\/a><\/strong><\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is the Seventh Straight International Player to Win NBA MVP<\/h2><p>As the Toronto-born was named the MVP for the 2024-25 season, he joined the list of international players to win the honor for seven straight seasons. Giannis Antetokounmpo, a Greek International, was adjudged the MVP in 2018-19 and 2019-20. Following him, Nikola Jokic, a Serbian international, took the trophy home in back-to-back seasons in 2020-21 and 2021-22.&nbsp;<\/p><p>Joel Embiid, from Cameroon was the winner in 2022-23, as the Joker won his third award in four years in 2023-24. The last time an American international won the award was in 2017-18, when (then) Houston Rockets&rsquo; shooting guard James Harden won the title.&nbsp;<\/p><p>Coming back to 2024-25, in his MVP season, apart from leading the NBA in scoring, SGA achieved a remarkable feat of scoring 20+ points in 72 straight games. He also recorded the highest 20+ point games with 75 and 30-point games with 49. In addition, the Canadian also had the highest 40-point games with 13 such contests and topped the charts for most 50-point games with four contests.<\/p><p><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/who-is-shai-gilgeous-alexanders-cousin-in-the-nba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Who Is Shai Gilgeous-Alexander&rsquo;s Cousin in the NBA?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is the MVP 2024-25!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":55745,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[3408],"class_list":["post-55744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-shai-gilgeous-alexander-4"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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