Shai Gilgeous-Alexander signs supermax extension with Oklahoma City Thunder

Canadian constituent defender Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had an unthinkable season. He was the MVP of the league, the champion scorer, an All-Star, a subordinate of the archetypal five, the MVP of the Western Conference Finals successful the playoffs, and yet the champion and the MVP of the NBA Finals. Gilgeous-Alexander paid good for specified an unreal season.

The Oklahoma City Thunder decided to reward their champion subordinate and franchise holder for everything helium has done. He extended his declaration until the extremity of the 2030/31 play and present has a super-max declaration worthy $285 million. This means that Shai volition gain implicit 70 cardinal a year, which is the highest wage successful NBA history. In the 2030/31 season, helium volition person arsenic overmuch arsenic 1 cardinal dollars per game!

This is the 2nd clip the Canadian has extended his declaration with the Thunder since helium came successful a large commercialized successful 2019. The leaders of Oklahoma bash not privation to permission thing to chance, truthful they "locked up" Gilgeous-Alexander for astatine slightest different six years and frankincense solved each concerns astir their champion player. 

Dillon Jones near the club

Immediately aft winning the title, Oklahoma finished enactment connected the existent roster and went connected a well-deserved remainder with a calm head. Dillon Jones near the club, Jalen Williams (center) and Ochai Agbaji got caller contracts, and present it's Shai's turn. After him, some Chet Holmgren and Jalen Williams (guard) are expected to motion caller contracts and beryllium quiescent for the adjacent fewer years.

Gilgeous-Alexander had a play that volition beryllium remembered for a agelong time. He became lone the 4th subordinate successful the past of the NBA to beryllium the MVP of the league, the MVP of the finals and the champion scorer of the league successful 1 season. Before him, lone Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Michael Jordan and Shaquille O'Neal managed it. 

He joined a prime radical of greats and cemented his spot successful the past books of the NBA. Now helium has done it from the fiscal broadside by signing a declaration that has not been seen before.

He was the starring scorer with an mean of 32.7 points (with 5 rebounds and 6.4 assists) connected fantabulous shooting percentages (51.9% from the field, 37.5% from the three-point enactment and 89.8% from the escaped propulsion line) and led Oklahoma to 68 wins, past to the rubric and 2 much MVP awards successful the playoffs.