From picking up new training partners at an open gym to exploring different movements, the Thunder guard has become a star in his own way.

The Oklahoma City Thunder are led by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who's graduated as one of the league's best players over the last two seasons. The 26-year-old has had back-to-back top-five MVP finishes. Here are the rankings for each West starting point guard:

With roughly five weeks remaining in the 2024-25 NBA regular season, the race for MVP is still up in the air. Barring injury, it's a two-man race between Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Nikola Jokić, but there are a lot of interesting debates to be hard for the positioning of players behind them.