Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Day caps off month-long holidays to celebrate Thunder championship

Happy Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Day to those who celebrate. A little over a month since the Oklahoma City Thunder captured an NBA championship, a month-long holiday is coming to an end as the NBA enters its dead period in August and September.

Gilgeous-Alexander was the last of 21 people to get their designated OKC holiday. Battling a heat wave and sea of humanity, OKC Mayor David Holt saved the best for last at the championship parade when he said Clay Bennett, Sam Presti, Mark Daigneault and all 18 Thunder players would get their own holiday from June 30 to July 30.

Doing it personal power rankings style, Gilgeous-Alexander received the last day on July 30. Chet Holmgren and Jalen Williams were the other two of the final three players to receive it.

It was quite the historic season for Gilgeous-Alexander. He won about every individual award imaginable. The MVP, Conference Finals MVP, NBA Finals MVP, scoring title, All-NBA First Team and All-Star. He capped it off with a championship ring and headlined one of the greatest teams ever.

The partying continued in the offseason. Gilgeous-Alexander signed a supermax extension that'll keep him in OKC for the foreseeable future. As Thunder fans know, that third contract is never a guarantee to be signed by your franchise player.

That's certainly worth a holiday in itself. Now, Gilgeous-Alexander gets a chance to be celebrated by Thunder fans again. The Thunder will enter the 2025-26 season with a chance to repeat. They'll bring back the same roster that went a historic 68-14 last year.

As long as Gilgeous-Alexander remains healthy, the Thunder will always be in the title conversations. OKC's window starts and stops with the 27-year-old's ascension into one of the greatest players ever.

SHAI GILGEOUS-ALEXANDER is one of 18 Thunder players who collectively won for OKC our first NBA Championship. All 18 will live forever in our city’s history & in our hearts. In recognition of this accomplishment, I hereby proclaim that today is SHAI GILGEOUS-ALEXANDER DAY in OKC! pic.twitter.com/IEJ4h2btts

— Mayor David Holt (@davidfholt) July 30, 2025

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