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He led his OKC Thunder team to a 68-win season and took home the MVP after a historic achievement that only Michael Jordan could match. Now, the world’s best-dressed male athlete, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, is eligible for a historic five-year USD$380 million supermax extension at the end of the 2025-2026 NBA season.
SGA can sign a four-year $293 million supermax extension after this season if he chooses. However, new rules established as part of the NBA collective bargaining agreement now make him eligible for an extra year, and a never-before-seen contract extension with even more money if he waits until next season to sign his contract. Hilariously, the OKC point guard will keep all the money after firing his agent Thad Foucher of Wasserman in February 2025.
Before any decisions are made, the MVP has one last mission to accomplish: winning an NBA Championship. His OKC Thunder team holds a 1-0 series lead in the Western Conference Finals of the 2025 NBA Playoffs after a 31-point, 9-assist, and 5-rebound effort from SGA in game one.
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is eligible for a five-year USD$380 million supermax extension because he meets the following requirements as it relates to supermax extensions under the new NBA collective bargaining agreement:
Named MVP in one of the three previous seasons
Named All-NBA or Defensive Player of the Year in the prior season or two of the three before that
Hasn’t changed teams in seven to eight years (unless the change occurred in his first four seasons)
Has one or two years left on his current contract
The 26-year-old, spent his first season in the NBA at the Los Angeles Clippers after being selected 11th overall by the Charlotte Hornets in the 2018 NBA draft. He was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers on draft night for a pick swap (ended up being Miles Bridges) and two future second-round picks.
Jason tatum contract
Jason Tatum holds the record for the biggest contract in NBA history after the Celtics star agreed to a five-year, $314 million contract extension, in July 2024 | Image: Supplied
Shai was named in the NBA All-Rookie Second Team in 2019 before being traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder in the offseason for Paul George and one of the biggest trade hauls in NBA history, including:
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Danilo Gallinari
Clippers’ 2022 unprotected first-round pick (Jalen Williams)
Clippers’ 2024 unprotected first-round pick
Clippers’ 2026 unprotected first-round pick
Miami Heat’s 2021 unprotected first-round pick (Tre Mann)
Miami Heat’s 2025 protected first-round pick for 1-14 (unprotected for 2026)
Right to 2023 first-round swap with Clippers (not conveyed)
Right to 2025 first-round swap with Clippers
Now, after a 68 win season that saw him average 32.7 points with a 50.1% field goal percentage, 6.4 assists, 5.0 rebounds, and 1.7 steals, he’s guiding the second youngest team in the NBA (average age of 24.12 years old) to the NBA Finals. If he can get past Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves in the Western Conference Finals, he can make history and bring an NBA Championship to OKC.
Jason Tatum holds the record for the biggest contract in NBA history after the Celtics star agreed to a five-year, $314 million contract extension, including a player option and trade kicker, in July 2024.