Watch: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander continues 2025 offseason workouts

A month since he captured an NBA championship, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is back in the lab. The Oklahoma City Thunder will enter the 2025-26 season with strong chances to be a rare repeat winner.

Gilgeous-Alexander is the biggest reason for that. He's fresh off one of the greatest individual seasons ever. He won about every award imaginable. He was the MVP, Conference Finals MVP and NBA Finals MVP winner. The consistent 30-point scorer stepped up in the playoffs to bring home a ring.

To do that, Gilgeous-Alexander quietly works in the offseason. The summer is when players completely revamp their skills. The regular season keeps you too busy to do that. Even though the Thunder's offseason is shorter than most because of their playoff run, the 27-year-old has already started to get back into the gym.

Gilgeous-Alexander's personal trainer Nem Ilic has regularly posted social media videos of the MVP winner's workout routine. Most have been lower-body workouts, which makes sense considering how drive-heavy of a scorer he is.

More of SGA’s offseason workouts from his trainer Nem Ilic:
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— Clemente Almanza (@CAlmanza1007) July 21, 2025

Shai using Ares as weight during his warmups 🤣

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— Cooper Jones (@CooperJNBA) July 18, 2025

As we saw in the playoffs, the Thunder will only go as far as Gilgeous-Alexander takes them. He's ascended into one of the league's best players. His offseason work routine is the grounds of that. The three-month break allows him to make massive improvements every year.

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