Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is entering his sixth year with the Oklahoma City Thunder, his seventh season overall in the NBA. SGA has been one the greatest risers in terms of not only how people look at him in a general sense of the top players in the league but his fantasy value has skyrocketed over the last two years of play.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is one of those players in 24/25 who will be a Top-5 fantasy player in Redraft settings throughout the season. Here’s a look at his 2023/24 production and his 2024 Olympic Production for Canada in these past Olympics.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 2023/24 NBA and Olympic Production
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander averaged 30.1 points per game, 5.5 rebounds per game, and 6.2 assists per game, with also 2.0 steals per game last season in the NBA as he finished in the top three of the MVP conversation. SGA had multiple huge games for the Western Conference’s No.1 seed last season. SGA took advantage of the free throw line as 25% of his points came from the free throw line last season. Then the Olympics continued to show his ability to score as Canada’s No.1 option.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander averaged 21 points per game in the 2024 olympics in Paris for Canada, who would get eliminated by France in the quarterfinals. SGA will carry that disappointment from the olympics as fuel to the 2024-25 NBA season.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s 2024-25 Projections
ESPN has Shai Gilgeous-Alexander as the third-ranked overall player in their fantasy basketball analytics. That projection for ESPN is perfect for SGA as he is the second-best point guard currently in the league right now behind Luka Doncic. There’s an argument that SGA could be better than Doncic, but he has to get those assist numbers up to get to be the No. 1 point guard and No.1 fantasy player in fantasy.
The potential of SGA being the number one option in fantasy is there especially with the ball in his hands a lot of the time in OKC as he’s the engine that makes that ship work for the Thunder. Shai will be in the top two of fantasy at the end of the season as he’ll have another season as a top MVP contender and OKC is looking to be the best team in the West once again.
Final Thoughts
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is a candidate for the number 1 overall pick with Doncic and Jokic for this season. SGA will have success a majority of the time against his matchups because of his length, athleticism, and ability to score at all three levels of the court. If he can get his assist numbers up he’ll make a strong impact in redrafts and the DFS scene consistently every game.
We’ll keep a close eye on the race for MVP between SGA, Luka, and Jokic throughout the upcoming season because it will be a race for those guys to be the top fantasy option along with Wembanyama and Anthony Edwards potentially joining that mix. This will be the most fun fantasy season for the top half of the league in a long time with new fresh faces in the top half of the league.
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