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Shams: SGA's supermax woody cements concern with Thunder (1:00)
Shams Charania reports the details connected Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's projected $285 cardinal supermax hold with the Thunder. (1:00)
Kalan HooksJul 12, 2025, 04:41 PM ET
Oklahoma City Thunder defender Shai Gilgeous-Alexander seems to beryllium taking LeBron James' spot -- but not connected the court.
During the three-day Twenty Years of Wireless festival successful London, England, Canadian rapper Drake -- who is the headliner each nighttime -- revealed a large alteration to his tegument art.
Drake antecedently had a tattoo of the Los Angeles Lakers superstar's St. Vincent/St. Mary's jersey connected the extracurricular of his near limb with the No. 23. The Toronto-born rapper replaced James' creation with Gilgeous-Alexander's No. 2 and "Thunder" arched above.
Gilegous-Alexander, the 2024-25 NBA MVP and NBA Finals MVP, is besides a Toronto native.
In March, the Thunder defender was featured successful Drake's "NOKIA" euphony video with aggregate colorways of his signature Converse sneaker astir his neck.
Drake's hostility for James seems to beryllium rising since the merchandise of his recently released azygous "What Did I Miss?" wherever the rapper seems to telephone retired James for attending Kendrick Lamar's "The Pop Out: Ken & Friends" concert connected Juneteenth successful 2024, pursuing a nine-diss-track feud betwixt Lamar and Drake.
"I saw bro went to Pop Out with them," Drake rapped successful the single.
The rapper besides released a azygous successful January entitled "Fighting Irish Freestyle," which seemed to beryllium a changeable astatine the Lakers forward.
"The satellite fell successful emotion with the gimmicks, adjacent my brothers got tickets," Drake rapped, seemingly referring to James and Sacramento Kings guardant DeMar DeRozan -- who starred successful Lamar's "Not Like Us" euphony video -- being contiguous astatine Lamar's concert.
Drake besides changed the lyrics to his opus "Nonstop" from the deed grounds "Scorpion" during a show successful Perth successful February, wherever helium rapped, "How I spell from six to 23 but not LeBron, man." The archetypal lyrics read: "How I spell from six to 23 similar I'm LeBron?"
Gilgeous-Alexander is coming disconnected a play wherever helium led the Thunder to their archetypal NBA title aft defeating the Indiana Pacers successful 7 games. He averaged a league-high 32.7 points, 5 rebounds and 6.4 assists successful the 2024-25 season.
James averaged 24.4 points, 7.8 rebounds and 8.2 assists for the Lakers.
