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Team Guide · NBA Western Conference

Oklahoma City Thunder

The Oklahoma City Thunder are Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's team — 2025 NBA champions built around their MVP guard. Thunder blue and orange, and the natural home team for any SGA collection.

City
Oklahoma City
League
NBA Western Conference
Founded
1967

The Oklahoma City Thunder are inseparable from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s rise. Since arriving in a 2019 trade, he has grown into the face of the franchise — and in 2025 led the Thunder to their first NBA championship, taking home Finals MVP and the regular-season MVP along the way.

Source: Wikipedia’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander entry — the Canadian guard was “selected 11th overall by the Charlotte Hornets in the first round of the 2018 NBA draft” and “On draft night, he was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers in exchange for the 12th overall pick”; the Clippers then traded him to Oklahoma City “on July 10, 2019”. He “finished the regular season as the first Canadian to lead the NBA in scoring” and won the MVP award for 2024-25, then “won his second consecutive NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) award”; “The Thunder defeated the Pacers 103–91 in Game 7 … with Gilgeous-Alexander named NBA Finals MVP.”

Because SGA’s superstardom was forged in Oklahoma City, his Thunder cards sit at the heart of the collection — from his 2018-19 rookies through his breakout seasons to the 2025 title run in Thunder blue and orange.

Use the player hub and the eBay rails across the site to find live listings for SGA’s Thunder-era rookies, autographs, and graded cards.

Featured Oklahoma City Thunder Players

Player Guide

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

Guard

Oklahoma City Thunder superstar guard — 2025 NBA champion, Finals MVP and regular-season MVP, and scoring champion. SGA is one of the fastest-rising names in the hobby. Here's the complete overview of collecting his cards, from 2018-19 rookies to modern Panini hits.

Frequently Asked Questions

When did Shai Gilgeous-Alexander join the Thunder?
SGA was traded to Oklahoma City in the summer of 2019, after being drafted 11th overall in 2018. He has since become the franchise cornerstone, leading the Thunder to the 2025 NBA championship and winning MVP and Finals MVP.
Are Thunder-era SGA cards more collectible?
SGA's stardom was built in Oklahoma City, so his championship- and MVP-era Thunder cards carry the most collector heat. Thunder blue-and-orange imagery and his 2025 title-run cards are especially in demand.