Shai Gilgeous-Alexander received the MVP trophy. Then he made sure his teammates received something too.
After winning his second straight NBA Most Valuable Player award, the Oklahoma City Thunder superstar gifted the entire team Audemars Piguet watches as a thank-you for helping him reach the league’s highest individual honor. The gifts also included Burberry coats, turning SGA’s MVP celebration into something that felt less like a personal coronation and more like a locker-room toast in luxury form.
Shai bought all of teammates AP ( Audemars Piguet ) watches after winning mvp 🔥 pic.twitter.com/PBOGNvynNj
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It was very Shai: stylish, deliberate, understatedly extravagant. No need to camp outside a boutique for two days chasing a plastic hype watch. SGA skipped the line and went straight for the real deal.
The gesture fits the season. Gilgeous-Alexander averaged 31.1 points, 6.6 assists and 4.3 rebounds, led Oklahoma City to an NBA-best 64-18 record, and became one of the rare players to win back-to-back MVPs. He beat out Nikola Jokić and Victor Wembanyama, two generational forces, and did it while carrying the Thunder into another Western Conference Finals run.
But the watches tell another story. MVPs are individual awards, but nobody wins them alone. Jalen Williams, Chet Holmgren, Lu Dort, Isaiah Hartenstein, Alex Caruso, Cason Wallace, Aaron Wiggins, Isaiah Joe and the rest of Oklahoma City’s deep roster helped build the platform that made Shai’s season undeniable.
So SGA did what leaders do. He turned “my award” into “our moment.” The Thunder gave Shai the space to become immortal. He gave them timepieces to remember it.
