The fifth spot was another tough choice. Jalen Brunson is the beating heart of a Knicks offense that has been a force this season and he could well be No. 5 on my board, but the defensive concerns and credit for that offense also going to Karl-Anthony Towns bumped Brunson down one spot in my book to sixth. By the end of the season, this may flip.

As the Thunder expand their win streak to 15 games, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's NBA MVP resume grows even larger.

Alexander's greatest weapons has become his opponent’s favorite tool. SGA, averaging 31.4 points after Sunday’s blowout win in Washington, was a fourth quarter away from maintaining his brief hold of the league’s scoring crown over Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s Oklahoma City Thunder ... Sure, names like Nikola Jokic and Giannis Antetokounmpo are also in the conversation, but Gilgeous-Alexander is definitely the crowd favorite.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Oklahoma City Thunder ... Victor Wembanyama, Giannis Antetokounmpo, and Jayson Tatum are among the top five odds leaders, behind Gilgeous-Alexander and Jokic.

In this weeks edition, Oklahoma City Thunder superstar Shai Gilgeous-Alexander finally flipped the results, jumping to the no. 1 spot for the first time in his career. The Thunder star is ahead of Nikola Jokic, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Victor Wembanyama and ...

Nikola Jokić, averaging 31.2 points, 13.2 rebounds, 9.8 assists, and shooting 55.4%, delivered back-to-back 40-point games against Victor Wembanyama, who is an MVP contender and Defensive Player of the Year favorite.

Thunder All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander talks about his first NBA bucket after scoring his 10,000 career point

The Milwaukee Bucks look to win their third in a row and for the sixth time in seven games tonight vs. the Toronto Raptors.

They brace for it, watch film of the potential fatalities. A fortunate few have escaped. But all endure pain, customary when you step onto the pale hardwood in Oklahoma City.  Slow, 48-minute death — just three quarters if the damage is done like it has been three times this past week — by 1,

Gilgeous-Alexander is barely behind Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo (31.5 PPG entering Wednesday) for t