Shai Gilgeous-Alexander wins MVP honors for the 1st time in his career, edging out Nikola Jokić and Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander won the NBA regular season MVP award on Thursday. In an X post on Friday, the league announced that Gilgeous-Alexander, who is from Canada, is the seventh straight international player to win the award and the eighth different international player to do so in league history.

When you join Kobe Bryant on a statistical list, that's some serious NBA history.That's exactly where Oklahoma City Thunder rising superstar Jalen Williams found himself on Thursday night after a brilliant performance in a Game 2 win of the Western Conference Finals over the Minnesota Timberwolves.

With over 5,000 players in NBA history, at least one player was born on every day of the calendar year – including three leap day ballers. Our day-by-day breakdown of the players born on each day of the year continues. Below are the most notable NBA players born on May 31.

Oklahoma City Thunder superstar Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is the third player in franchise history to win NBA MVP honors, as the guard was named the 2024-25 NBA MVP on Wednesday, according to multiple reports.

NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has generously 'Crowned' the wrists of his OKC Thunder Teammates with a mix of Rolex watches.

The Oklahoma City Thunder took a commanding 2-0 series lead in the Western Conference Finals, defeating the Minnesota Timberwolves by the final score of 118-103 in Game 2 on Thursday.

The 58-year-old Foster became the latest NBA figure to get derailed by the Oklahoma City Thunder's physical play on a jump ball between Minnesota's Julius Randle and OKC's Lu Dort. As the ball went up, a flailing Dort landed a kick to Foster's gut, then struck him in the face with his right arm.