Shai Gilgeous-Alexander engages in an adorable father-son moment while twinning in same pair of shoes with his little one

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the Oklahoma City Thunder to secure the 2025 NBA championship title after seven long years. With his sheer hard work and dedication towards the game, the Canadian basketball star was even awarded the 2025 NBA MVP.

Currently, he is making the most of his offseason period.

Recently, the Thunder’s star shared a glimpse of an adorable moment with his little son, Ares Alexander.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander shares a glimpse of an adorable father-son moment on Instagram

As the 2025 NBA season is gradually heading towards training camp, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is quite busy with his collaborations and brand endorsements. The Oklahoma City Thunder star recently shared a snap of his cute son Ares on Instagram. According to his Instagram story, junior Shai was seen flaunting the same pair of Converse like his dad.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander tied the knot with former soccer athlete Hailey Summers in February 2024. The Oklahoma City Thunder star and Hailey Summers welcomed their son Ares Alexander in April 2024.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s father reveals his first love was not Basketball

During an interview with the reputed media outlet Clutch Points, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s father revealed the NBA star was more drawn towards soccer. Vaughn Alexander revealed,“When they were young, I put them in a lot of sports. Basketball, soccer, tennis, just anything to just keep them active.

And before Shai could even walk, he had balls in his cribs, he had his muscle skills, motor skills, working with the balls in his hands from day one. It was always just a basketball, football, sport type of person. And that’s the way I built him, just him, Nickeil [Alexander-Walker], and Thomasi the same way.

Just play sports and just be active from an early age.”

He further mentioned,“So he started off with soccer. Soccer was like my first sport, too.

It was the sport where you get your hands, eyes, feet, everything in cohesiveness together. So that was his main, aggressive sport that he was the best in. And then he started to transfer it off to other stuff like baseball and play other sports, football, but then he went to basketball and was like, ‘Yeah, that’s him.’ So that’s why I encourage any parents to just make your kids play any sport that they want to play and figure it out because I think other sports help other sports.

”As mentioned by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s father, he never tried to force his kids to go ahead with any particular sports option. However, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s interest in basketball went on to add him on the list of most talented NBA stars. Also Read: MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander goes full savage with his dunking skills during youth camper