When Shai Gilgeous-Elexander entered the American Professional League seven years ago, it took the 20-year-old from Canada only 10 games to have the start job.
It took a little longer to earn his driver’s license.
While practicing the statement of a learner during his rising season, Gilgeous-Elexander relied on his teammates or Uber to wander in Los Angeles, where Cleibers drafted him in the eleventh place and practiced 14 miles from the city center.
There was a lot in front of him to move. He was unexpectedly traded to Oklahoma City after his rising season, where he fell with the reconciliation of the re -construction of thunder, which will win only 46 games combined between 2020 and 2022. However, Gilgus Alexander arrived among the greats of the game.
On Wednesday, the thunder goalkeeper won the title of best player in the American Professional League after producing leading average league in points (32.7), free throwing attempts (7.9) and attempts to photograph (21.8) while Oklahoma City leads to 68 wins in Oklahoma, respectively. The award is voted by the media members.
Gilgeous -alexander won 71 votes in first place and 913 points in general from a committee of 100 voters.
Denver Nicolas Gokic, who became the third player in the history of the American Professional League, ranked second with 787 points, including 29 votes in first place. They were the only players who got first place. Giannis Antochonmbo of Milwoki ranked third, Boston Jason Tatom was fourth and Cleveland Donovan Mitchell ranked fifth.
Jokic finished at the best two prize voting in five consecutive seasons, including victories in 2021, 2022 and last season, when Gilgeous -alexander was second. In April, Jokic scored the largest number of points ever recorded in a trilogy, with 61.
Thunder is located in the Western Conference Finals for the first time since 2016, and if he beat Minnesota Timberolves, it will advance to the first appearance of the team in the American Professional League since 2012. Although the privilege won the American Professional League in 1979 during its embodiment with Seattle Superonic, thunder has not won the NBA title since his transfer to Oklahoma City 2008.
Gilgeous-alexander joins Steve Nash as the only winners of MVP that comes from Canada. An international player won the last seven MVP Awards; An American -born American player has not finished in the first three places in MVP vote since 2021.
“He is a private player.” “His choice from the shot, its ability to make its own shots, separation, and play its rhythm. Defense, always steal the balls [and] Always banning shots. … he is a private player. “
