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“SHAI Wins It All! The NBA Has a New King!”

🏆 Major Trophies & Awards

  • NBA Champion (2025) – Led Oklahoma City Thunder to their first-ever title in OKC  
  • NBA Finals MVP (2025) – Averaged 30.3 PPG, 4.6 RPG, 5.6 APG in the Finals; 15 games with 30+ points in the playoffs  
  • NBA Most Valuable Player (2025) – Regular-season MVP with 32.7 PPG, 6.4 APG, 5 RPG, and 1.7 SPG  
  • NBA Scoring Champion (2024–25) – 32.7 PPG, shooting 51.9% FG, 37.5% 3PT, 89.8% FT  
  • Western Conference Finals MVP (2025) – Acknowledged as the WCF Top Performer  

🏅 Career Honors

From Wikipedia and NBA sources:

  • 3× NBA All-Star – 2023, 2024, 2025  
  • 3× All‑NBA First Team – 2023–2025  
  • NBA All‑Rookie Second Team – 2019  
  • Lionel Conacher Award (Canada’s male athlete of the year) – 2023  
  • Conference & Tournament Awards – WCF MVP (2025), SEC honors during Kentucky tenure  

📊 Stats Overview

Regular Season (2024–25):

  • 32.7 PPG, 6.4 APG, 5.0 RPG, 1.7 SPG (league-leading scoring)  

Playoffs (2025):

  • 29.9 PPG, 6.5 APG, 5.3 RPG over 23 games  
  • Notable: 15 playoff games with 30+ points, ranking just behind legends Michael Jordan and Hakeem Olajuwon  

Career Averages (462 games):

  • 24.4 PPG, 5.1 APG, 4.8 RPG, across Clippers & Thunder  

Season-by-season regular-season PPG:

  • 2018–19: ~10.8
  • 2019–20: ~19.0
  • 2020–21: ~23.7
  • 2021–22: ~24.5
  • 2022–23: ~31.4
  • 2023–24: ~30.1
  • 2024–25: 32.7  

He’s maintained elite efficiency: career ~50% FG, ~35.5% 3PT, ~86.2% FT ()

🎯 Career Highs

  • Points: 54 in a single game
  • Rebounds: 20
  • Assists: 14 ()

💰 Notable Milestone

Shai signed a historic 4-year, $285 million super-max extension with OKC, making the richest annual NBA salary ever (~$71M/year), securing his place through the 2030–31 season 

In short, Shai’s 2024–25 campaign was historically elite—he joined only MJ, Shaq, and Kareem as players to win MVP, Finals MVP, and scoring title in the same year  , and now stands atop the league both on-court and in pay.

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