The Oklahoma City Thunder have seen Shai Gilgeous-Alexander turn into an MVP-caliber player, and Sam Presti thinks the organization and Gilgeous-Alexander are in it for the long haul.
This is life-changing money that no player has turned down - and no one projects to - so it is not a hot-take to say the second the clock strikes mid-night on the new league year in the summer of 2025, the Thunder superstar will ink his supermax extension.
Though, this does not seem to be a concern for Oklahoma City and Gilgeous-Alexander. Not only from the way the star himself has discussed his time in Bricktown and saying all the right things when his future has been brought up consistently - even before the massive jump in win total. "He's earned that position. Several years ago when we traded Chris Paul and handed the ball off to him, he didn't know what would happen. But he has seized the moment and the opportunity," Presti said.
The Oklahoma City Thunder have to and will be in a position to sign Gilgeous-Alexander to this record-breaking contract and the superstar in turn will be willing and excited to etch his name on the paper. When speaking about the mutual commitment to each other, Presti made an interesting analogy.
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