{"id":13656,"date":"2025-07-21T19:46:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T19:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/13656\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T19:46:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T19:46:09","slug":"hamilton-to-hold-rally-for-nba-mvp-and-champion-gilgeous-alexander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/13656\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamilton to hold rally for NBA MVP and champion Gilgeous-Alexander"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>Canada\u2019s king of the court has won just about everything possible this year, but is about to receive another honour.<\/p>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who was born in Toronto but claims Hamilton as his home, will be recognized on Thursday Aug. 7 at \u201cShai Rally Day\u201d in Hamilton.<\/p>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>Gilgeous-Alexander was named NBA MVP after finishing second last season (Steve Nash was the only Canadian to previously win the award), and helped Oklahoma City win its first NBA title last month after a stirring playoff run. He was also named NBA Finals MVP and led the league in scoring in the regular season.<\/p>\n<p>Gilgeous-Alexander also took home the ESPY last month as best male athlete.<\/p>\n<p>The rally will start at 3:30 p.m. at Hamilton Stadium, Hamilton mayor Andrea Horwath will present Gilgeous-Alexander with the key to the city there.<\/p>\n<p>Later he\u2019ll make an appearance at the Canadian Football League game between the Tiger-Cats and B.C. Lions.<\/p>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m absolutely thrilled to bring Shai Rally Day to Hamilton,\u201d Horwath said in a release. \u201cThis is our city\u2019s official celebration of NBA Champion, NBA MVP, NBA Finals MVP, NBA Scoring Champion, ESPY Best Athlete \u2014 Men\u2019s Sports, and proud Hamiltonian, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gilgeous-Alexander makes his off-season home in Hamilton with his wife and son.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, a mural and commemorative banner went up Gilgeous-Alexander\u2019s former high school in Hamilton, Sir Allan MacNab Secondary.<\/p>\n<p>Read More<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/torontosun.com\/sports\/basketball\/shai-gilgeous-alexander-wins-nba-mvp-now-canadas-best-ever\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander dribbles the ball up court against Minnesota Timberwolves during the second half of Game 1 of an NBA basketball Western Conference Finals playoff series on May 20, 2025, in Oklahoma City.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0522sgasmall-e1747879490766.jpg\"  class=\"lazyload\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"96\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Shai Gilgeous-Alexander wins NBA MVP, now Canada&#8217;s best ever<\/p>\n<p> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/torontosun.com\/sports\/basketball\/nba\/oklahoma-city-thunder-dynasty-in-making\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jalen Williams of the Oklahoma City Thunder celebrates a dunk against the Indiana Pacers.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0618-jalen-williams-okc-thunder.jpg\"  class=\"lazyload\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"96\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Oklahoma City Thunder are a dynasty in making and will end NBA&#8217;s age of parity<\/p>\n<p> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/torontosun.com\/sports\/basketball\/nba\/steve-nash-shai-gilgeous-alexander-joining-nba-mvp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Oklahoma City's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (left) and Phoenix's Steve Nash.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0523-shai-gilgeous-alexander-steve-nash.jpg\"  class=\"lazyload\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"96\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Steve Nash says Shai Gilgeous-Alexander joining him as NBA MVP a &#8216;very special moment&#8217;<\/p>\n<p> <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Share this article in your social network<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Article content Canada\u2019s king of the court has won just about everything possible this year, but is about&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13657,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-13656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}