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OKC Thunder Breakdown: 3 key areas Shai Gilgeous-Alexander can improve upon next season

New OKC Thunder point guard, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is oozing with potential.

The 6’6 second-year guard from Kentucky was one of the best rookies in the NBA last season, coming in on the 2nd All-NBA rookie team, a few votes behind Marvin Bagley.

Starting 73 games on a playoff team in the West, Shai already knows what the playoff atmosphere is like, as he had a very good series vs the Warriors in the first round.

Averaging 10 points, 3.3 assists and 2.8 rebounds per game last season on 55.4 percent true shooting, which ranked 8th among last years rookie class with 1000+ minutes played.