Nickeil Alexander-Walker shows love to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander at WCF

The Oklahoma City Thunder They are proper the place they need to be. They are starting the Western Conference Finals towards the San Antonio Spurs on Monday, gunning for an opportunity to repeat as NBA champions. Additionally, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander won his second consecutive NBA MVP by a big margin.

In attendance for the first game at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City was his cousin Nickeil Alexander-Walkerper NBA on ESPN. Earlier within the day, NAW celebrated SGA’s MVP Award win.

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NAW in attendance for Game 1 to assist his cousin SGA within the WCF pic.twitter.com/zyNlCuWpny

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NAW has been a guard for the Atlanta Hawks since 2025, and is coming off a first-round playoff exit to the New York Knicks. Both grew up in Toronto, Canada, and had been born in 1998. They are two months aside in age. SGA attended the University of Kentucky from 2017 to 2018. Meanwhile, NAW attended Virginia Tech from 2017 to 2019.

In 2018, SGA was drafted by the Charlotte Hornets because the eleventh general decide within the first spherical. Afterward, he was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers and performed one yr (2018-2019). In July 2019, he was traded to the Thunder.

NAW was chosen because the seventeenth general decide within the first spherical by the Brooklyn Nets. After the Hawks picked up his draft rights, NAW was traded to the New Orleans Pelicans, the place he performed from 2019 to 2022.

Afterward, NAW performed for the Utah Jazz (2022-2023) and the Minnesota Timberwolves (2023-2025). In June 2025, I’ve signed a four-year $62 million contract with the Hawks in a sign-and-trade.

SGA completed his second MVP season, averaging 31.1 factors and 6.3 assists per recreation, and shot 55.3%. Meanwhile, NAW averaged 20.8 factors and three.7 assists per recreation whereas capturing 45.9% from the sphere.