Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has been named to the 2022-23 All-NBA First Team, it was announced today by the NBA.
Gilgeous-Alexander appeared in 68 games (all starts) during the 2022-23 season and led the Thunder with 31.4 points, 5.5 assists, 4.8 rebounds and 1.65 steals in 35.5 minutes per game, while shooting 51.0% from the field. His scoring and steals each ranked fourth in the NBA.
He is the youngest guard ever to average at least 30 points on 50% shooting for a season. He tallied a league-leading 45 games scoring 30-plus points and led the league in third-quarter scoring, averaging 10.2 points in the frame.
Gilgeous-Alexander set career-high averages in points, steals, blocks, field goal percentage and free throw percentage. He made a league-leading 669 free throws and shot 90.5% from the free throw line, which ranked fifth overall.
This season, he was named an All-Star for the first time in his career and earned Western Conference Player of the Week honors twice.
Gilgeous-Alexander is the fourth Thunder player to earn First Team All-NBA honors and the fifth Thunder player to be named to an All-NBA team overall. With his selection, Oklahoma City now has a total of 18 All-NBA selections and nine First Team All-NBA selections, both of which lead the NBA since 2008-09.
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15 Comments
스가 올라가쟈!!!🎉🎉
On track for a new dynasty
Well deserved 🎉🎉🎉
El mejor ❤
MVP next year
This videos could have been so much better with way more highlights from his incredible season.
Yo Congrats SGA. This Thunder team is so fun to watch.
Best 🇨🇦ever I been saying he better than ja and Chet next year williams a dawg okc gonna be lit next year
THE GOAT!
Shows how crazy it was that he wasn’t a starter for the All Star game.
Shai BBY thats my boy
He literally carried us to the play in he deserves it
Future MVP
Congratulations, Shai. First time all star. First time all NBA first team. Next stop – playoff wins and then an MVP.
I love this dude