The Oklahoma City Thunder are loaded with young talent, but that can get expensive for the front office down the line. Especially if the leader of that

Here are the latest NBA MVP odds for former Kentucky point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who recently was named an All-Star for Oklahoma City.

With this performance, Shai also made NBA history. He became the only Canadian-born player to record multiple games with 50 or more points. Of course, he was tied with fellow Canadian-born player Jamal Murray of the Denver Nuggets with one 50-point game, but after his incredible performance Wednesday night, Shai now stands alone at the top.

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander will be a starter in the 2025 NBA All-Star Game on Feb. 16 in San Francisco.

Gilgeous-Alexander amassed 52 points (16-29 FG, 2-6 3Pt, 18-21 FT), three rebounds, four assists and one steal in 39 minutes during Wednesday's 116-109 loss to the Warriors. Gilgeous-Alexander has now recorded over 50 points in two of his last four outings.

The Oklahoma City Thunder, the NBA's top team, got 52 points from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the NBA's leading scorer, on Wednesday. It wasn't enough to defeat a team just hovering above .500.

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.

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,

As the trade deadline approaches, the Oklahoma City Thunder acquiring another ball handler is an interesting topic of discussion.

Gilgeous-Alexander has come a long way since those beginnings. His improbable MVP candidate rise has boosted the Thunder from a short rebuild to a title contender. He scored 52 points in their loss to Golden State as the rest of the OKC squad failed to show up.

Thunder doesn’t lose that much, but also strange because the Thunder produced one of the most top-heavy box scores in NBA history.