{"id":127374,"date":"2026-05-11T23:51:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T02:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/how-a-2-time-mvp-helped-shape-shai-gilgeous-alexanders-nba-journey\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T23:51:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T02:51:27","slug":"how-a-2-time-mvp-helped-shape-shai-gilgeous-alexanders-nba-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/how-a-2-time-mvp-helped-shape-shai-gilgeous-alexanders-nba-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"How a 2-time MVP helped shape Shai Gilgeous-Alexander&#8217;s NBA journey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>On his way to NBA superstardom, <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nba\/players\/6022\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Shai Gilgeous-Alexander;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Shai Gilgeous-Alexander&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\">Shai Gilgeous-Alexander<\/a> had to go through an unconventional route. He didn&#8217;t speed through the freeway. Instead, he took a couple of right turns and a few left turns on bumpy backroads. One person who was at his corner was enough to help him continue.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of their Round 2 series against the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/los-angeles-lakers\/13\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Los Angeles Lakers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Los Angeles Lakers&quot;}\" class=\"link\">Los Angeles Lakers<\/a>, Gilgeous-Alexander revealed <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nba\/players\/3103\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Steve Nash;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Steve Nash&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\">Steve Nash<\/a> always had his back. All the way back to his high school days \u2014 when he wasn&#8217;t necessarily a highly-touted recruit before he landed at Kentucky.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Gilgeous-Alexander eventually did enough in his sole collegiate season to land No. 11 in the 2018 NBA draft. From there, it would take four NBA seasons for him to become a household name. Within the blink of an eye, though, he went from a first-time All-Star to probable back-to-back MVP winner, sharing the same sentences as Michael Jordan and <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nba\/players\/3118\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kobe;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Kobe&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\">Kobe<\/a> Bryant.<\/p>\n<p>Going back to his first interactions with Nash, Gilgeous-Alexander spoke fondly of the two-time MVP winner. At a young age, he encouraged the 6-foot-6 guard that he was on the right pathway. To hear that from an NBA legend must&#8217;ve made his whole summer and then some.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Funny enough, Steve was the first person to tell me I was gonna make the NBA. I played for Team Canada&#8217;s senior men&#8217;s team when I was 16-17 years old. He just told me to stay on this path and I&#8217;ll be here one day,&#8221; Gilgeous-Alexander said. &#8220;As a kid, hearing that from a two-time MVP was really big for my confidence level. That&#8217;s where I guess it started. Over the years, we&#8217;ve just kept in touch. He&#8217;s obviously a great guy, great basketball mind. Nothing but great things to say about Steve.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pretty cool to hear how influential Nash was to Gilgeous-Alexander&#8217;s NBA journey. A decade later, there&#8217;s a real chance that the latter usurps the former for the best basketball player in Canadian history \u2014 if it hasn&#8217;t happened already.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Always a lot of love between Gilgeous-Alexander and Nash. Both have similar backgrounds and, really, similar journeys to the mountaintop. Let&#8217;s see if the reigning MVP can continue to add to his mythos as he hopes the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/oklahoma-city-thunder\/25\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Oklahoma City Thunder;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Oklahoma City Thunder&quot;}\" class=\"link\">Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> go back-to-back.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article originally appeared on OKC Thunder Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/okcthunderwire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/thunder\/2026\/05\/04\/how-a-2-time-mvp-helped-shape-shai-gilgeous-alexanders-nba-journey\/89939379007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:How a 2-time MVP helped shape Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's NBA journey;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;How a 2-time MVP helped shape Shai Gilgeous-Alexander'&quot;}\" class=\"link\">How a 2-time MVP helped shape Shai Gilgeous-Alexander&#8217;s NBA journey<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/2-time-mvp-helped-shape-020505192.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On his way to NBA superstardom, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had to go through an unconventional route. 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