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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

Oklahoma City Thunder
Number #2
Position G
Age 28
Height 6-6
Weight 195LBS
Wingspan 83.5
Draft 2018 R1 Pick 11
Nationality Canada
Born Jul 12, 1998
College / Team Kentucky

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Key Insights

2025-26
He is at his most dangerous as the pick and roll ball handler

He scores 1.20 points per possession as the pick and roll ball handler, against a 0.88 median for players who run it as often.

9.2 possessions a game, 2 of 160 from the top. 99th percentile of 160 players who run pick and roll ball handling, 2025.
The offence runs through his hands rather than around them

84% of his tracked possessions are on ball actions, against a league median of 25%.

isolations, post ups and pick and roll ball handling against cuts, spot ups, screens, handoffs, rolls and putbacks. 98th percentile of 417 players with a tracked action mix, 2025.
When the play goes to him as the pick and roll ball handler, it usually ends in points

56% of his possessions as the pick and roll ball handler end in a score, against a league median of 40%.

9.2 of those possessions a game over 63 games. 99th percentile of 160 players who run pick and roll ball handling, 2025.
Almost nobody in the league is used as the pick and roll ball handler as often as he is

He is 2 of 319 in possessions as the pick and roll ball handler, at 9.2 a game.

36% of his own offence, 1.20 points per possession on it. 99th percentile of 319 players who run pick and roll ball handling, 2025.
More than anything else, his team has him as the pick and roll ball handler

36% of his offence comes as the pick and roll ball handler, his most frequent action.

9.2 possessions a game over 63 games, 31 of 319 in frequency. 81st percentile of 319 players who run pick and roll ball handling, 2025.
He is safe with the ball as the pick and roll ball handler, which is rarer than it sounds

9% of his possessions as the pick and roll ball handler end in a turnover, against a league median of 16%.

9.2 of those possessions a game over 63 games. 86th percentile of 160 players who run pick and roll ball handling, 2025.

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Combine & Bio Data
DOB Jul 12, 1998
Birth Country Canada
Draft 2018 (R1 / P11)
College Kentucky
Wingspan 83.5
Standing Reach 104.0
Hand Length 9.0