In what will surely be another feather in the cap for his MVP case, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander erupted for 48 points in the Oklahoma City Thunder's 113-107 win over the Detroit Pistons on Saturday night. But Gilgeous-Alexander wasn't thinking about his big performance after the win.
Instead, he was thinking about one of his former Thunder teammates, forward Lindy Waters III. Waters, who was traded to the Golden State Warriors on the night of the NBA draft in June of 2024, then dealt another time as a part of the Warriors' Jimmy Butler acquisition in February, has experienced quite a whirlwind in the last several months.
