Thunder All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander suffered an injury against the Cavs, forcing him to miss Friday's matchup against the Mavericks

The Thunder might be tempted to add another star to their core before the Feb. 6 NBA trade deadline, but they'd be better off building around their current Big Three.

The Thunder handed the Cavaliers their worst loss of the season to leave the two conference leaders each with 34-6 records.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored a career-high 54 points in a 123-114 win against the Utah Jazz. Gilgeous-Alexander scored 13 of his 54 points in the game's last six minutes, securing a nine-point win. But he still believes he could have scored more and had a better game.

If anyone is set up to match that type of run from this generation, it’s SGA. As the Thunder blasted the Cavs on Thursday night, Gilgeous-Alexander feels like he’s finally the definitive front-runner to win MVP this season. The Thunder sure feel like the definitive favorite to win the NBA championship this year, too.

In mid-December, Denver’s Nikola Jokic had a healthy lead on Gilgeous-Alexander in ESPN’s MVP straw poll, conducted several times over the course of each season by Tim Bontemps.

Earlier today on the show 'NBA on ESPN', former NBA champion with the Boston Celtics and current ESPN NBA expert, Kendrick Perkins, gave his take on the type of level Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has ...

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