{"id":677354,"date":"2026-06-01T06:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T06:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/677354\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T06:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T06:08:08","slug":"shai-gilgeous-alexander-describes-thunders-2025-26-season-with-one-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/677354\/","title":{"rendered":"Shai Gilgeous-Alexander describes Thunder’s 2025-26 season with one word"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander describes Thunder’s 2025-26 season with one word<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 2025-26 NBA season was an eventful one for the Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Star guard\u00a0Shai Gilgeous-Alexander won his second consecutive NBA MVP award and the Thunder made it all the way to the Western Conference finals before being bested by the San Antonio Spurs<\/a> in seven games.<\/p>\n

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander says 2025-26 season was a ‘failure’ for Thunder<\/p>\n

Ultimately though, the Thunder fell short of their goal of winning a championship, so\u00a0Gilgeous-Alexander needed just one word<\/a> to describe the season: Failure.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a failure. I failed at my goal,” Gilgeous-Alexander said. “I didn\u2019t achieve what I wanted to achieve.”<\/p>\n

But, for Gilgeous-Alexander, the best improvements are often born from failure, and he doesn’t expect things to be any different this time around.<\/p>\n

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“But through those experiences, I learn the most about myself and make the greatest amount of increases in my career when I fail at my goal and don\u2019t get what I want, and I look at this no different,”\u00a0Gilgeous-Alexander said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t get where I wanted to go this season. There\u2019s a reason for that. I have to look at that reason and try to make sure it never happens again.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is clearly the right approach for a player to have, and it’s the reason that\u00a0Gilgeous-Alexander has blossomed into one of the brightest stars in the league. Expect him to head into the ’26-27 season with a chip on his shoulder.<\/p>\n

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