With arguments that the Thunder should or should not make a move as the trade deadline, a new name has emerged as a potential trade candidate.

This stretch of January around Martin Luther King Jr. Day is usually peak evaluation time in the NBA front-office world. It’s one of the milestone points where teams will have full-staff pow-wows and talk things out,

Alexander, Donovan Mitchell and Karl-Anthony Towns were named starters Thursday night for the 2025 NBA All-Star Game.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has sat at the very top of the NBA MVP rankings over the last several weeks. This battle between him, Nikola Jokic, and Giannis Antetokounmpo has been close, but now there is a wide gap between Gilgeous-Alexander and the rest of the field.

To do so, the Celtics will have to hold off the New York Knicks and the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference. Out west, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder lead the odds ...

Oklahoma City guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has been named a starter in the 2025 NBA All-Star Game.

Right now, the OKC Thunder have the best record in the Western Conference at 36-8. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander looks like an MVP candidate and all the pieces surrounding him appear to be good fits.

DALLAS -- Kyrie Irving scored 25 points, Spencer Dinwiddie and P.J. Washington Jr. added 16 apiece and the Dallas Mavericks beat Oklahoma City 106-98 Friday night as Thunder All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander missed his first game of the season.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Stephen Curry were voted as the backcourt representatives in the Western Conference.

Unfortunately, the Thunder wasted an all-time showing from star guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. The 26-year-old had 52 points on 16-of-29 from the field and an 18-of-21 clip from the free-throw line in a massive outing. In turn, Gilgeous-Alexander set a few NBA marks in the loss, and the NBA announced the history he made after the game.

While Shai Gilgeous-Alexander continues to lead the NBA MVP rankings, Nikola Jokic's triple-double average can't be ignored.