Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's Kia MVP Presentation On TNT! 🏆

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00:00Shaq, I would like you to do the honors, if you would.

00:05Would you announce, and you can put your mic down.

00:08No, sir.

00:09Okay, and I'll use my mic to let you make the announcement.

00:19The Kia MVP belongs to Shea Gidges Alexander from Oklahoma City.

00:24Well done.

00:25Thank you very much.

00:26And so, well-deserved.

00:27Yes, absolutely.

00:28At the age of 26, his first MVP award.

00:37He's finished fifth in the voting.

00:39He has finished second in the voting last year.

00:42And this year, he's the MVP.

00:44Wow.

00:45It's beautiful, man.

00:46I think, you know, when you look at it, he's been trending this direction since he came into the league.

00:50We played him in the playoffs when he was with the Clippers in 19.

00:53And you knew he'd be special to reach this point.

00:56It's all the work that go in, and he doesn't.

00:58And he is ready to talk to us just moments after the announcement was made.

01:05And SGA, Ernie Johnson here with Shaq and Charles and Kenny and Draymond Green.

01:14We congratulate you, number one.

01:16Nice going.

01:17Very happy for you.

01:18Thank you so much.

01:19Appreciate it, fellas.

01:20So, who was with you when you got the news?

01:23My teammates behind me, my family, my wife, my son, my brother, my close ones.

01:32Yeah.

01:33The group of people that helped me get here.

01:36Look, you've finished fifth before, you've finished second last year.

01:41How much did you actually think about it when it came down and everybody's talking about,

01:45oh, well, it's one-two with you and the joker.

01:48How much did you allow yourself to think about the possibility of being the MVP?

01:53Yeah, you try so hard throughout the season to not think about it and just worry about playing basketball

01:59and getting better and trying to win games.

02:02But as a competitor and as a kid dreaming about the game, it's always in the back of your mind.

02:07And I'm very thankful to be this side of the, I guess, the ballot.

02:12But none of it's possible without the guys behind me.

02:15The amount of games we won and the fashion that we won the games is so impressive

02:19and it's probably the main reason why I get the award.

02:21So, without them, it's not possible.

02:23Shea Shaq here.

02:24I took a lot of flack last year for saying you should have won it last year,

02:26and I thought you got robbed last year.

02:28So, being that I said that, did you have some animosity towards the voters last year

02:33and say, you know what, I'm going to show the world that I'm the greatest player in the NBA?

02:40To be honest with you, I use it as motivation.

02:44There's voters every year. That will never change.

02:47And last year, all it meant was that more people thought I should have won than should have won.

02:53And this year, I wanted to change the narrative and have it flipped.

02:57And I think I did a good job of that, and that's why I get the award.

03:00Shea, Draymond, congratulations.

03:02Just wanted to ask you.

03:03Appreciate it.

03:04A couple years ago, you've been there since 2019, Trey.

03:08You came there from the Clippers.

03:10And a couple years ago, it started to seem that you had turned that corner

03:13and was becoming a 28, 30-a-night guy.

03:17And the team was still kind of coming along.

03:19And there started to be a little chatter on like,

03:21man, is it time for Shea to force his way out of there,

03:24force himself to a situation where he could compete for a championship level.

03:28Never heard an inkling come from you.

03:30You embraced it the entire time.

03:32Just talk to me about that journey of growing with, drafting guys, growing with guys,

03:36and then you kind of being the old head there and showing your guys the way to go

03:40and finally getting to this point.

03:43Yeah, I always like to focus on the things that I can control.

03:47And I think that's how I got to this point.

03:49So all the chit-chatter and what's going on in the league, I have no control over.

03:54So I just try to keep my head down, work super hard.

03:57And the guys around me do the same thing.

03:59And it made it easy to grow, easy to get to this point because of that.

04:02And I think that mentality is going to help us keep growing in the future.

04:06Well, Shea, number one, congratulations, man.

04:09You guys have had a fabulous season.

04:11Your depth on your team is incredible.

04:14I watched that game last night.

04:16Who the hell is number 34 who came out there and started kicking butt last night?

04:20Because I didn't see him a lot.

04:22I didn't see him a lot against Denver.

04:24And all of a sudden, I says, man, that number 34, I ain't seen him.

04:27And he is flat out balling.

04:29Hey, man.

04:31That's Uncle Kenny.

04:32He was flat out balling, man.

04:34I just tell him, I was like, man, they, how do coach, how does coach,

04:39because coaching has something to do with it.

04:41Your coach is fantastic.

04:42How do he keep your guys so sharp?

04:45Because if you're not playing, but when they call your number, you're ready.

04:49How does coach keep him and the rest of the guys who didn't play a lot against Denver,

04:54now all of a sudden, in the biggest game of the season, he come in and he's flat out balling?

04:59Yeah.

05:00Coach does a really good job of that.

05:02The first meeting every year, he comes in and he says, nobody gets stuck with the lineup.

05:06It's going to change all the time.

05:07Sometimes you're going to play.

05:08Sometimes you're going to not.

05:09You're not going to not play.

05:10And he's up front with guys.

05:11And when he does that, it gives guys a slate and they understand what's to come for the

05:15rest of the season.

05:16And we have no choice but to be ready.

05:17And we know that all across the board, no matter who you are.

05:20We just control what we control.

05:22Kay works every day, whether he's playing or not.

05:25And when the time comes, he's ready for it.

05:27You know, firstly, congratulations, Shay.

05:29Great award.

05:30You know, we got two guys who've actually won the award up here with Shaquille and Charles

05:36and then myself and Draymond have been teammates for guys who've won that award.

05:41And as a teammate, you know, we always felt that we were part of that.

05:46As you see your guys behind you, you know, in this journey, when you look back, there's

05:52probably two or three guys that you go, man, they've seen the best and they've seen the

05:57worst.

05:58And even, it's funny because Shay, when Akeem Olajuwon won the award, he made us take

06:03the award and hold it for him.

06:05And so, who are those guys that have seen you at your best and your worth that has gone

06:10through this journey?

06:11Some of the guys are new and some of the guys have been there for a longer time.

06:15Yeah, to start, I'm going to have to say Lou.

06:18Like Lou, Lou was with me my first year in OKC.

06:22So the last six years, he was on the team when we were winning 10 games a season.

06:27To 25 games, to 40, to now 68, 70.

06:32He's seen the best version of me, the worst version of me, the pissed off version of me,

06:37the happy version of me.

06:38We've been through thick and thin in the NBA.

06:40And to have him on a journey has been special.

06:42Last thing, SGA, would you be interested in knowing the tally and how this went with

06:53the vote count?

06:54Can I ask Lou Dort a question?

06:56Hold on one second.

06:57I'm trying to give him the results.

06:59I've got an important question for Lou Dort.

07:01No.

07:02Chuckster, please.

07:03Go ahead.

07:04Go ahead.

07:05Shea, 100, 100, 100 voters.

07:08You got 71 first place votes to 29 for Joker.

07:13And then second place votes, you just reversed those numbers.

07:16But the final tally, 913 to 787.

07:20So it was believed to be, supposed to be one of the closest of all time.

07:24But that is not the way it turned out.

07:26Now, do you have a question for Lou Dort?

07:29Yes.

07:30Shea, I saw this stat.

07:32Lou Dort has never made an all defensive team.

07:35That's crazy.

07:36Yeah, we're going to have to change that pretty soon.

07:39I said a couple weeks ago, he's the best perimeter defender in the NBA.

07:45He's the best perimeter.

07:47And when I saw that stat, I said, this dude ain't never made an all defensive team.

07:51That's one of the worst stats I've ever seen, man.

07:54So you tell that young guy congratulations and keep doing his thing.

07:57I will.

07:58I will for sure.

07:59Without him, we're not the defense we are and we all know that.

08:02The proof is in the pudding and he'll get what he deserves pretty soon.

08:05Tell Kenridge Williams we know who he is.

08:07And the last thing, the last thing.

08:09Look, we've seen a million post-game interviews with you guys this year.

08:13And it's never been this sedate.

08:17It's never been this quiet.

08:18These guys are usually all over you.

08:20Is this the way it was when you heard the word too?

08:22Yeah, they're keeping it tamed right now.

08:26But we'll go up here in a few minutes, a few minutes.

08:29Yes.

08:30Shea Gilgis, Alexander.

08:32Happy for you.

08:33Congratulations, Shea.

08:34Congratulations.

08:35Congratulations.

08:36Appreciate it.

08:37See you in the finals.

08:38Tell that dude with the white wristband, he ugly.

08:43Right behind you over your wristband.

08:45Thanks.

08:46We appreciate you.

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