Regular season MVP and playoff star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is poised to become the greatest Canadian to play in the NBA. Michael Jordan is considered by many to be basketball’s greatest of all ...

Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Gilgeous-Alexander, a three-time All-NBA selection, won his first MVP this season after averaging a career-high 32.7 points and 6.4 assists.

He becomes the fourth player in NBA history to win MVP, Finals MVP, a scoring title and play for a champion in the same season. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar did it once, Michael Jordan then did it four times, and Shaquille O’Neal was the last entrant into that fraternity — until now.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder have agreed on a record-setting 4-year, $285 million extension that would give him the highest single-season average salary in NBA history, a person with knowledge of the agreement said Tuesday.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander agreed to a four-year, $285 million contract extension with the Oklahoma City Thunder, per a report. Gilgeous-Alexander led the league in scoring and won both MVP and Finals MVP in the 2024-25 season.

It is the richest per-year contract in NBA history, according to US media reports. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Professional basketball’s often contentious greatest of all time debate will likely never be settled, but the conversation about the greatest Canadian to play in the NBA could very well be resolved on Sunday night. The Oklahoma City Thunder’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who this season joined two ...