With roughly five weeks remaining in the 2024-25 NBA regular season, the race for MVP is still up in the air. Barring injury, it's a two-man race between Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Nikola Jokić, but there are a lot of interesting debates to be hard for the positioning of players behind them.

From picking up new training partners at an open gym to exploring different movements, the Thunder guard has become a star in his own way.

Gilgeous-Alexander’s best cases are his league-leading scoring numbers, and the Thunder’s record as a whole. OKC has been dominant with the former Wildcat as their feature pla