The league announced all three of its All-NBA teams on Wednesday, and Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander made the first team.
Gilgeous-Alexander enjoyed the best season of his career. He averaged 31.4 points on 51% shooting, 5.5 assists and 4.8 rebounds. He earned his first All-Star berth, finished No. 2 in Most Improved Player voting and was top five in MVP voting this season.
The 24-year-old was the face of the league’s biggest overachieving team. The young Thunder finished a win shy of a playoff berth after going 40-42 in the regular season — a much better record than what most projected for OKC heading into the season.
Let’s look at some of the best tweets celebrating Gilgeous-Alexander’s biggest career accomplishment.
The 2022-23 Kia All-NBA First Team:
▪️ Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks
▪️ Luka Dončić, Dallas Mavericks
▪️ Joel Embiid, Philadelphia 76ers
▪️ Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma City Thunder
▪️ Jayson Tatum, Boston Celtics pic.twitter.com/Jbq2PgwaQe— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) May 10, 2023
ALL-NBA FIRST TEAM FOR SHAI GILGEOUS-ALEXANDER. @okcthunder | #ThunderUp pic.twitter.com/IBriIPLgAt
— Bally Sports Oklahoma (@BallySportsOK) May 10, 2023
OKC Thunder All-NBA timeline
2010: KD 1st
2011: KD 1st/Russ 2nd
2012: KD 1st/Russ 2nd
2013: KD 1st/Russ 2nd
2014: KD 1st
2015: Russ 2nd
2016: Russ 1st/KD 2nd
2017: Russ 1st
2018: Russ 2nd/PG 3rd
2019: PG 1st/Russ 3rd
2020: CP3 2nd
2023: SGA 1st15 seasons
18 All-NBA selections pic.twitter.com/TNsJjaBRzt— Brandon Rahbar (@BrandonRahbar) May 10, 2023
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is named first-team All-NBA.
A deserved recognition for SGA for an incredible season: 31.4 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 5.5 apg. SGA is the youngest player ever to average 30 on 50% shooting.
— Royce Young (@royceyoung) May 10, 2023
Making first team All-NBA is a major career accomplishment. Some great players have never done it, like Carmelo Anthony, Kyrie Irving, Jimmy Butler, Bradley Beal, Donovan Mitchell.
A couple huge names SGA matches with one appearance: Damian Lillard, Paul George, Devin Booker.
— Royce Young (@royceyoung) May 10, 2023
🏆 All NBA 1st-Team 2022-23 :
• Luka Doncic
• SHAI GILGEOUS-ALEXANDER
• Jayson Tatum
• Giannis Antetokounmpo
• Joël EmbiidUne juste récompense pour SGA, auteur d’une saison aussi complète qu’exceptionnelle. pic.twitter.com/aN11FaqJtQ
— Oklahoma City Thunder France (@OKCThunderFR) May 10, 2023
Clippers fans seeing SGA https://t.co/BYmLgHWxh8 pic.twitter.com/MHY8k1yBsv
— Andrew Greif (@AndrewGreif) May 10, 2023
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s 2023 campaign
31.4 PPG
5.4 APG
4.8 RPG
51/35/90 splits
1.6 SPG
1.0 BPG⚡️ Drove the most improved team in the NBA
⚡️ Lead league in 30-Point games
⚡️First All-Star appearance
⚡️ MIP Runner-Up
⚡️ All-NBA 1st team24 years old 👏 pic.twitter.com/6SZ6RP6uYN
— TF (@ThunderFocus) May 10, 2023
SGA getting first team seems so right good for him
— r/Mavericks gone fishing (@redditmavericks) May 10, 2023
Incredible season by @shaiglalex is capped off with first-team all-NBA honours. Becomes the first Canadian other than Steve Nash to reach that level. Earlier this season I wrote about why SGA is well-positioned to make a run at Nash's 🇨🇦GOAT status: https://t.co/CHXZPbUDBh
— Michael Grange (@michaelgrange) May 10, 2023
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has been named to the 2022-2023 All-NBA First Team. pic.twitter.com/8jsPmKeVH2
— Brandon Rahbar (@BrandonRahbar) May 10, 2023
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is officially All-NBA First Team. pic.twitter.com/SBL6qMhaFj
— Nick Crain (@CrainNBA) May 10, 2023
ALL NBA FIRST TEAMER SHAI GILGEOUS-ALEXANDER pic.twitter.com/6hyja5KFWl
— 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒆 🌩 (@Three_Cone) May 10, 2023
The guard leading all votes on the All-NBA ballots with 407 points
1st team Shai Gilgeous-Alexander ⭐️ pic.twitter.com/FZ0FpFeXJW
— TF (@ThunderFocus) May 10, 2023
SHAI GILGEOUS-ALEXANDER
FIRST TEAM ALL-NBA PLAYER
IM SO MF PROUD RN 🥹#ThunderUp pic.twitter.com/6vsg1S67LM
— ThunderChets (@ThunderChats) May 10, 2023
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 1st Team All-NBA…Love to see it. 🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/PV8v0XmTW8
— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) May 10, 2023
SUPERSTAR.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has officially made the All-NBA First Team.
The first of many. pic.twitter.com/qCnTMjLDwA
— Thunder Film Room (@ThunderFilmRoom) May 10, 2023
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has been named to the All NBA First Team
This is the 9th First Team selection for the Thunder in their 15 year history
George 18-19
Westbrook 16-17
Westbrook 15-16
Durant 13-14
Durant 12-13
Durant 11-12
Durant 10-11
Durant 9-10 pic.twitter.com/0QKEqaLzHo— Andrew Schlecht (@AndrewKSchlecht) May 10, 2023
An underrated advantage the Thunder have cap wise for the next 4 years:
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s contract
Because he did NOT make All-NBA before this season, he will be paid below 41m for the next 4 seasons – in comparison, most will make close or exceed 50m (60 potentially) pic.twitter.com/I0zodfnvn0
— TF (@ThunderFocus) May 10, 2023
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FIRST TEAM SHAI— Nekias (Nuh-KY-us) Duncan (@NekiasNBA) May 10, 2023
Shai’s first team all-nba Instagram post is gonna feed families.
need it
— Thunder Film Room (@ThunderFilmRoom) May 10, 2023
Shai Gilgeous Alexander this season:
First among guards in MVP voting.
First among guards in All-NBA voting.
SPECIAL.
— Nick Crain (@CrainNBA) May 10, 2023
People complaining about Shai making it because he didn’t make the playoffs but not saying a word about Doncic, cope bums pic.twitter.com/qn4dbkHUji
— Stan Him Boomer Sooner (Hunter Harjo) (@hunterharjo7) May 10, 2023
Thunder PR on SGA making All-NBA First Team: pic.twitter.com/BqBOYhB5Gd
— Clemente Almanza (@CAlmanza1007) May 10, 2023
SGA ➡️ 𝘼𝙡𝙡-𝙉𝘽𝘼 𝙁𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙏𝙚𝙖𝙢 pic.twitter.com/m081haE3Zr
— OKC THUNDER (@okcthunder) May 10, 2023
