Right after the Thunder’s 114-88 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves, Gilgeous-Alexander took a moment to celebrate with his wife, Hailey Summers and their young son, Ares Alexander, at center court.

Nickeil Alexander-Walker shut down his cousin, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, in a play-in victory in 2023 that sent the Thunder home and clinched the Timberwolves’ second consecutive playoff berth.

On the other hand, Malone is just a month and a half removed from coaching another superstar in Nikola Jokić, who has won three of the last four MVP awards and was in a close rac