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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was named NBA MVP on Wednesday night, and someone who has been there through everything could not have been happier.
Shortly after Gilgous-Alexander won the prize, the first of his career, AT&T launched a video highlighted by a voice mail left for his mother’s MVP, Charmaine.
“Finally! You have it!” She started.
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Oklahoma City Thunder, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, leaves the court after his team defeated the Denver Nuggets in game 7 of the second round of the NBA 2025 playoffs at the Paycom Center. (Alonzo Adams/Imagn images)
“You deserve it. As I said, be it, stay focused and everything else will work. You are definitely on your way to be one of the best to play the game. And now? Another thing reviewed your list. That is why your whole life has been consistent. Be careful and continue dominating and be the best leader inside and outside the court. The world finally sees you as I have always seen you.
“You know how much I love you. I am very, very proud of you. Well deserved. Goodbye, I love you.”
The Canadian star and the top scorer of the league registered race maximums with 32.7 points and 6.4 assists per game, carrying the oklahoma City Thunder to seed number 1 in the West with a 68-14 best record of the NBA.
Gilgeous-Alexander was MVP runner-up last year to Nikola Jokić of Denver’s Nuggets. The Thunder defeated Jokić’s Nuggets in seven games in the second round this season.
Oklahoma City Thunder Shai Gilgeous-Alexander watches a shot against the Guard of the Minnesota Timberwolves Donte Divinzzo (0) in the fourth quarter of game 1 of the finals of the western conference of the NBA at the Paycom Center. (Alonzo Adams/Imagn images)
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Gilgeous-Alexander was the eleventh general selection of the Charlotte Hornets in 2018, but quickly changed to the Los Angeles clippers. However, only a year passed there, and it was part of a package that sent Paul George to Los Angeles.
Since the exchange, Gilgeous-Alexander has been a raw diamond, and will soon be named the first team there a third consecutive year. He has also led the NBA in free throws made by game the last two seasons.
Oklahoma City began the final of the West Conference with a 114-88 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves, which fell in the same round against the Dallas Mavericks last year. Okc lost for four points in the middle, but surpassed Minnesota 70-40 in the second half.
This is the most remote OKC in the playoffs since 2016, when the Thunder exploded a 3-1 advantage to the 73-9 Golden State Warriors in the conference finals. The warriors did the same for LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Oklahoma City Thunder, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2), shoots at Denver’s Nuggets in the second half during game 7 of the second round for the NBA 2025 playoffs at the PayCom center in Oklahoma City on May 18, 2025. (Alonzo Adams/Imagn images)
Oklahoma City, previously known as Seattle Supersonics, is still looking for his first NBA title since he moved (Seattle won the NBA title in 1979). The Thunder arrived for the last time to the NBA finals in 2012, when they lost to James and the Miami Heat.
