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He harvested 5 grand prizes a year, and even retired on the spot, he could enter the Hall of Fame. He is not worthy of the top 100 stars?

3:26am, 24 July 2025【Basketball】

Recently, the famous American media Bleacher Report released a list of the top 100 stars in NBA history. This list not only lists the media's evaluation of selected players, but also specifically ranks players, but it caused an uproar. In addition to Kobe Bryant's fall from the top ten in history, causing fans to protest, Shea Gilgers Alexander, the biggest winner in the NBA and even the entire basketball industry, even failed to even make the list. This is definitely very "crazy". You should know that even if Alexander retires from the spot this year, he can be directly selected for the Hall of Fame, but he cannot get the preference of the top 100 stars. Let’s review what honors Alexander has achieved this season and see how wronged he is!

1. He won the regular season MVP for the first time and was selected for one team for three consecutive years.

First of all, let's talk about the regular season stage. This year's Thunder continued its outstanding performance last year, not only achieved the best record of 68 wins and 14 losses in team history, but also ranked first in the league and the West. The strength and dominance behind it are absolutely unquestionable. As the team leader, Alexander's average data has increased to 32.7 points, 5 rebounds, 6.4 assists, 1.7 steals, 1 block shot and 3-point shooting percentages reached 51.9% and 37.5% respectively. Such a data list is quite perfect. The three-point shooting that has been criticized in the past has not only improved this year, but also achieved output of 163. Now there are no offensive blind spots, and the organizational ability is continuing to improve. On the defensive end, he is the team's defensive pioneer, with his defensive efficiency even reaching 105.7, ranking 14th in the league. It is precisely because of this that Alexander not only was selected for the All-Season First Team for the third consecutive year, but also won the title of scoring king for the first time in his career. With the support of his record, he was finally crowned the regular season MVP.

2. Lead the team out of the West and successfully won the championship + 2 MVPs.

And in the playoffs, although the Thunder encountered many strong opponents, they all defeated their opponents one by one, including the Western Conference semi-finals. Facing the Nuggets led by Nikola Jokic, they fought until the tiebreak to the finals. In this round of series, although the data was not as impressive as the regular season, Alexander saved the team at critical moments many times, especially in the tiebreak, scoring 35 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals, successfully helping the Thunder defeat the Nuggets and advance to the Western Conference Finals. In the battle with Anthony Edwards's first-place shooting guard, Alexander also performed at the dominant level, averaging 31.4 points, 5.2 rebounds, 8.2 assists and 1.8 steals per game. He finally successfully resolved the battle within five games, helping the team win the Western Conference Championship again after 13 years and made it to the Finals. He also successfully won the Western Conference Finals MVP.

When facing the Pacers in the finals, Alexander still withstood the pressure. Although Thales Halliburton stole the limelight in the first game, he still gave 38 points. In the second game, he scored another luxurious data of 34 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists and 4 steals, helping the team equalize the big score. In the fourth game, he scored 35 points in the whole game and dragged the game into the Battle of Tianwang Mountain. Alexander, who returned to home court, scored 31 points, 2 rebounds and 10 assists in the game, helping the Thunder get the match point. Although the Pacers still stubbornly tied the big score, the series was dragged into the tiebreak. But Alexander did not retreat, scoring 29 points, 5 rebounds and 12 assists in the last game, successfully helping the team win the first championship in team history. With his performance of 30.3 points, 4.6 rebounds and 5.6 assists, he won the MVP in the Finals. Except for the All-Star MVP, all MVPs this year have become his favorites.

3. Become a winner again and win two big prizes in ESPY.

After the end of the season, Alexander is still reaping some honors. In the ESPY annual ceremony held recently, which is known as the Oscars in the sports world, Alexander also became the big winner of this game. Because in this year, he won three MVP trophys, was selected for the All-Star team of the season, and won the title of scoring champion. In addition, he helped the Thunder achieve a historical breakthrough in the finals and won the first championship in team history. Therefore, he not only received nominations for multiple awards, but also successfully defeated his competitors and won the "NBA Player of the Year" and "Male Athlete of the Year" selected in 2025. These two awards are undoubtedly the greatest recognition of Alexander. Under such circumstances, BR still excluded Alexander from the top 100 stars. In the eyes of most fans, this is undoubtedly the biggest unfairness, and he is definitely worthy of being selected on this list.