{"id":493888,"date":"2025-07-01T11:20:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T15:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=493888"},"modified":"2025-07-01T11:21:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T15:21:42","slug":"thunder-reward-mvp-shai-gilgeous-alexander-with-record-285m-supermax-extension","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/thunder-reward-mvp-shai-gilgeous-alexander-with-record-285m-supermax-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Thunder reward MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander with record $285M Supermax extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fresh off an MVP season and leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to their first NBA title since 1979, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has secured a record-setting payday.<\/p>\n<p>The Thunder signed their superstar point guard to a four-year, $285 million supermax extension, ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania reported Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The deal, which follows back-to-back All-NBA First Team selections, becomes the richest annual contract in NBA history \u2014 putting Gilgeous-Alexander on track to become the league\u2019s first player.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old had two years and over $78 million remaining on his previous deal, but Oklahoma City wasted no time in locking down the reigning MVP and Finals MVP long-term.<\/p>\n<p>Gilgeous-Alexander\u2019s 2024\u201325 campaign was one for the ages. He captured the NBA scoring title by averaging 32.7 points per game, along with 6.4 assists, 5.0 rebounds, and 1.7 steals.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has agreed to a four-year, $285 million super maximum contract extension with the championship Oklahoma City Thunder through 2030-31, sources tell ESPN. This is now the richest annual salary for a player in league history. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eptbVjUo6j\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/eptbVjUo6j<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/1940048256999870518?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 1, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>He led the Thunder to an NBA-best 68-14 regular season record before elevating his game in the playoffs, averaging nearly 30 points per game en route to a Game 7 win over the Indiana Pacers in the Finals.<\/p>\n<p>With the title-clinching performance, Gilgeous-Alexander joined elite company \u2014 becoming only the fourth player in NBA history to win the league MVP, Finals MVP, and a scoring title in the same season, alongside legends Michael Jordan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Shaquille O\u2019Neal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fresh off an MVP season and leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to their first NBA title since 1979, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has secured a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":493892,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17837,16786,18636],"news_category":[16706,16715],"gn_keywords":[17840,22872,25307],"acf":{"news_source":"","link_picture":"","announce":"The deal becomes the richest annual contract in NBA history with $80 million-per-season","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/493888"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=493888"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/493888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":493898,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/493888\/revisions\/493898"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/493892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493888"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=493888"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=493888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}