SGA back-to-back MVP notes, per ESPN Research:
- No. 1 seed, NBA-high 64 wins, despite third-most team games missed due to injuries
- First player to win consecutive MVPs since Nikola Jokic in 2020-21 and 2021-22 and the first guard to win consecutive MVPs since Stephen Curry in 2014-15 and 2015-16
- First guard to average 30 points and 55% shooting in a season in NBA history
- Joined Michael Jordan as the only players to average 30 points, 5 assists and 50% shooting in 4 consecutive seasons in league history
- Did not score below 20 points in any game all season. He is the third player to score 20+ points in every game in a season, joining Wilt Chamberlain (1961-62, 1963-64) and Elgin Baylor (1961-62)
- +788 on the season, more than 100 points better than the next closest player in Victor Wembanyama (+682)
So fitting that Shai, whose "whole life is consistent" is the record holder of a streak that is completely epitomized by consistency.
This record stood for 6 decades and no one else sniffed it since Wilt Chamberlain and Shai took it down day after day after day.
"Offensively this guy is entering the heir of Michael Jordan statistically, look at these numbers"
- Steve Nash on Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
(h/t @NBA__Courtside)
JAYLIN “J-WILL” WILLIAMS is one of 18 Thunder players who won for OKC our first NBA Championship. All 18 will live forever in our city’s history & in our hearts. In recognition of this historic accomplishment, I hereby proclaim that today is JAYLIN “J-WILL” WILLIAMS DAY in OKC!
We asked our team of Thunder photographers about their favorite pictures from the parade 📸
Relive the historic day in OKC through the lens 📲 https://t.co/OFl4Vz9kCQ