SGA won the MVP, may sign a 70 million contract, special exclusive festival for the Russian City

On May 22, the NBA officially announced the 2024-25 NBA regular season MVP winner - Thunder player Shea Gilgers - Alexander. He was elected with a total of 913 points and is expected to sign a four-year, $293 million contract in the offseason. The Russian city mayor declared today as Shea-Gilgers-Alexander Day.

Looking back at the regular season this season, Alexander's performance was amazing. He averaged 34.2 minutes per game, scoring 32.7 points, 5 rebounds, 6.4 assists, 1.7 steals and 1 block, with a shooting percentage of up to 51.9%, a three-point shooting percentage of 37.5%, and a free throw shooting percentage of 89.8%. Under his leadership, the Thunder achieved an impressive record of 68 wins and 14 losses, ranking first in the league.

Alexander has also set several impressive records this season. He became the first player in NBA history to win the MVP as the No. 11 draft. You should know that there are many star players such as Klay Thompson, Alan Houston, and Reggie Miller in the past No. 11 drafts. He led the Thunder to break the record record in team history and previous team history; he scored 50+ points in four individual seasons, tying Westbrook's team history record; scored 20+ in 72 consecutive games, tied with KD's active player record; scored more than 30+ in at least 45 games in three consecutive seasons, setting a new record for active players; averaged 32.7 points per game, surpassing KD and becoming a new record in the Thunder's history. In addition, he completed the 10,000-point milestone in his Thunder career in just 368 games, becoming the fastest player in team history to achieve this achievement.

It is worth mentioning that Alexander is also the first MVP in history to come from the University of Kentucky, and is also the second Canadian player to win the regular season MVP after Steve Nash. The NBA official then announced the specific vote count. The number of votes in the top three is as follows: Alexander won 71 first votes and 29 second votes, totaling 913 points; Jokic got 29 first votes and 71 second votes, totaling 787 points; Antetokounmpo had 88 third votes, 9 fourth votes and 3 fifth votes, totaling 470 points. James ranked 6th, only 1 fourth vote and 13 fifth votes; Curry ranked 9th, getting 2 fifth votes, only 2 points in total; Harden tied for 10th with Brunson and Mobley, only 1 fifth vote.

Alexander became the third player in the Thunder to win the MVP. Previously, Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook had won the regular season MVP awards. Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt specially tweeted to celebrate: "On behalf of the people of Oklahoma City, I would like to extend my warm congratulations to Shay Gilgers-Alexander for being the NBA's Most Valuable Player! This is the third time we have the greatest basketball player in the world. In recognition of Shay Gilgers-Alexander's historic achievements and his unique contribution to Oklahoma City, I hereby announce: May 22, 2025 is Shay Gilgers-Alexander Day!"

Subsequently, well-known salary expert Bobby Marks also updated the news. He said Alexander had met the standard of a super top salary last offseason (two selected to the All-Squad in the past three years), but he was not eligible to sign at the time due to years. And this offseason, he is already qualified to sign a four-year, $293 million contract extension with the Thunder. More importantly, because he won the MVP (even if he was only selected for the All-A-Squad this year), he will be eligible for a five-year, $380 million contract extension in the 2026 offseason.