Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has parlayed one of the best seasons in NBA history into his second Northern Star Award as Canada’s athlete of the year for 2025.

The 27-year-old Oklahoma City Thunder guard from Hamilton beat out more than a dozen other nominees in balloting by a nation-wide media panel and administered by the Star.

The other finalists: swimmer Summer McIntosh, curler Rachel Homan, rugby star Sophie de Goede and hammer thrower Camryn Rogers.

Gilgeous-Alexander had won the 2023 Northern Star Award; McIntosh won last year. Gilgeous-Alexander and Steve Nash are the only two basketball players to win the award formerly known as the Lou Marsh Award.

Gilgeous-Alexander capped a brilliant season in June when he was named the MVP of the NBA Finals for leading the Thunder to its fi

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