Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is the cover athlete of NBA 2K26 following his MVP and title-winning season, the video game’s developer announced Tuesday. Last season’s scoring champ and Finals MVP will be featured on the game’s standard edition. He averaged 32.7 points, 6.4 assists and five rebounds per game, leading the Thunder to a 68-14 record.

But, as the dust settled on NBA 2K26 ’s grand reveal of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander as this year’s coveted cover star, Zak Armitage, NBA 2K’s SVP and GM, was able to share some trade secrets about the cover athlete selection process — one which he describes as more of “a partnership.”

After Shai Gilgeous-Alexander inked the biggest deal in NBA history, here is a look at the biggest contracts in the NBA and North American sports.

The Oklahoma City Thunder and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander have agreed to a massive four-year, $285 million supermax extension, locking in the reigning MVP through the 2030–2031 season. The deal arrives just weeks after the Thunder captured the 2024–25 NBA Championship, where SGA made history by becoming:

Such is life for the NBA champs. Still cleaning up the confetti from its championship parade, the draft, free agency and summer league have followed in quick succession.  Head spinning? Ours too. Even just more than a week since Game 7,

Alexander's contract extension sets up a complicated calculus the Thunder, the youngest roster in the NBA, must navigate.

Oklahoma City Thunder guard and NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander agreed to a four-year, $285 million contract extension on Tuesday, making him the highest-paid player in the league with an average ...

Thunder Could Acquire 'Most Hated NBA Player' In Trade Scenario With Suns originally appeared on Fadeaway World. The Oklahoma City Thunder are the NBA’s juggernauts, a young, deep, and supremely talented roster headlined by MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, elite two-way star Jalen Williams, and Defensive Player of the Year candidate Chet Holmgren.