The Shai Gilgeous-Alexander from Oklahoma City Thunder reports reports NBA MVP | NBA

Shai Gilgeous-Aalexander has been appointed the most valuable NBA player, in which he led the Oklahoma City Thunder to a league best 68 victories and reported the deepest playoff run of the franchise since the Kevin Durant era of the franchise playoff on Wednesday.

The 26-year-old security guard, who is officially honored on Wednesday evening, gave Denvers Nikola Jokić for the prize for the second-placed person last season. Gilgeous-Alexander was the first Thunder player to have won MVP since Russell Westbrook in 2017, and only the third in the team history alongside Westbrook and Durant.

Gilgeous-Alexander is the first Canadian to win the award since Steve Nash in 2006. He also continues a number of players from outside the United States and requested the award. The last player born in the United States who won the award was James Harden in 2018. Since then, Giannis Antetokounmpo Giannis Antetocounmpo has won twice twice and Serbia Jokić in Greece. Joel Empbiid, who represents the United States at an international level, but was born and grew up in Cameroon, was appointed MVP in 2023.

Gilgeous-Alexander achieved an average of 32.7 points per game in 51.9% and added 6.4 assists, 5.0 rebounds, 1.7 steals and 1.0 blocks. A team in Oklahoma City drove his all-round excellence, which not only cited the ranking, but also set up an NBA record with an average point differential of plus 14.

He joins Michael Jordan as the only player who on average at least 30 points when shooting 50% with five rebounds, five assists, 1.5 steals and a blocked shot in one season. It is the third year in a row in which Gilgeous-Aalexander has reached 30 points per game, while he shoots better than 50%, a performance that was previously only coordinated by legends such as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Wilt Chamberlain, Giannis Antetocounmpo and Jordan.

His influence went beyond the goal. Gilgeous-Alexander was instrumental in the highest defense of the Thunder, the theft and blocks combined in the league behind Victor Wembanyama and Dyson Daniels.

With Oklahoma City, Gilgeous-Alexander is also ready to become the highest paid NBA players. This summer he qualifies for a four-year Supermax extension of $ 294 million the richest annual deal in the history of the league.