The same was the case after the Oklahoma City Thunder superstar was showered by "Free throw merchant" chants from the Minnesota Timberwolves crowd in Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals — OKC won 128-126 after being blown out by 42 in Game 3.

"We've been through every stage of life together," Shai Gilgeous-Alexander says about his cousin Nickeil Alexander-Walker.

Former Texas star Tre Johnson is expected to be selected in the top five of the 2025 NBA Draft, and he recently appeared on the KOC Show. At one point, Johnson was asked to name the move he would like to incorporate in his game from a present or past player, and he wants to learn how Shai Gilgeous-Alexander draws so many fouls.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander responds to critics calling him a “free-throw merchant,” saying he’s never cared about the noise.

Of course, the real star of this entire situation was Doris Burke, who wondered if the fan was "breaking the plane" when he made the catch, which briefly introduced the idea that referees might for the first time in history use replay to determine if a fan was in or out of bounds.

Jaden McDaniels on not fouling Shai in Game 3: “Kept my hands out of his shooting motion, or just kept my hands off him at all. … He’ll use his arms to tangle