The Oklahoma City Thunder will be represented in the 2023 All-Star game; Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was named a reserve on Thursday.
The 24-year-old is averaging 30.8 points on 50.5% shooting, 5.6 assists and 4.8 rebounds and has been the face of the overachieving young Thunder, who are 24-27 and 1.5 games out of 10th in the Western Conference.
Considering how big a jump Gilgeous-Alexander has made this season, this shouldn’t be shocking to anybody who’s mildly paid attention to the Thunder.
Let’s take a look at some of the best tweets reacting to the news of Gilgeous-Alexander making his first career All-Star bid. As one can imagine, Thunder fans were excited about the news.