The Oklahoma City Thunder Shai Gilgeous-Alexander superstar would have separated from its agent, Thad Foucher from the Wasserman group, with the intention of representing itself in the future, by Chris Haynes. Gilgeous-Alexander will always keep the management of another agency for all companies outside the field and marketing issues, by Haynes, but as regards decisions on the ground, SGA goes ahead to represent itself.
We do not know why Gilgeous-Alexander decided to make this movement, but he joins Philadelphia 76ers Big Man Joel Embiid as another profile Nba Star who will have no representation on the ground.
Gilgeous-Alexander is eligible for a contract extension of $ 300 million this summer, and is considered the favorite to win the most precious player this season. He led the Thunder to a record of 44-10, comfortably in first place in the classification of the Western Conference, and they are undoubtedly the team to beat in the West.
Although he is not unknown for the athletes to represent themselves, it is incredibly rare. But in the era of empowerment of NBA players, we see athletes taking more control over their own career on and off the field. Whether it is to start their own shoe companies to have complete control, or like SGA, standing in basketball-related efforts.
SGA already obtains positive support for the decision, as Boston Celtics in front – and in the title MVP of the finals – Jaylen Brown went to social networks to say “I love it” In response to the news. Brown has long been a vocal defender of players taking control of their own career, and even launched his own shoe brand in September 2024 with several other NBA players now wearing his shoes.
It is difficult to say if we will see more players following the traces of SGA and kiss with this decision, but it should be noted that one of the faces of the League decided that it did not want to keep on the field representation . This comes in the heels of the shocking decision of the Dallas Mavericks for the superstar of the negotiation franchise Luka Donnteic, which was completely blinded by the decision and ignoring a trade itself. It was an excellent example of teams with an important power in the career of a player, and although Doncic could not stop trade if he had been his own agent, it may have changed the way in which The players entered these contractual negotiations in the future.
Perhaps SGA negotiates a non-exchange clause in its new agreement this summer after what has just happened to Dononic. The Thunder would probably not accept it as we have seen in the past how much it can handicap a team on the whole line, but maintain total control and have complete transparency in questions like this is beneficial for players . Trade Doncic probably had no impact on the SGA which made this decision, but this trade sent shock waves in the league with players who prefer the lack of control they have in situations like this one. Thus, even if it might not be on the spirit of Gilgeous-Alexander, it may influence other players to adopt the same approach.
