Shai Gilgeous-Alexander wins ESPY for Best Athlete – Men’s Sports | 2025 ESPYS

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander wins ESPY for Best Athlete – Men’s Sports | 2025 ESPYS

Presenting the next award. She’s an Emmy nominated actress currently killing it on tour. Leslie Jones. [Music] What’s up? Oh, I am in the room with the athletes. Okay. I am Leslie Jones and tonight I am presenting the award for the best athlete men’s sports. Now, uh I’m a pretty good athlete myself, so I know a thing or two about what it takes to make someone the best in sports. Talent is not enough, okay? You got to work hard. You got to elevate yourself and your teammates and you got to have a little something, you know, special and then a lot of talent would help. Now, these men didn’t just rise to the occasion, they were the occasion. All due to my coaching expertise. Thank you. Except for one that blocked me. Seaquan, you know who you are. Okay. And the SB goes to SG. Ready? [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] Wow. Wow. Um, thank you for all the claps. Thank you so much. Um, first off, I’d like to thank the SPs for an amazing award show and opportunity to win an award like this, obviously. Then I want to say congrats to all the nominees on amazing seasons. Then I want to say, let me run it back. Then I want to say thank you to all the previous nominees and award winners. uh to be a part of a list like this is is special and a blessing and an honor, a dream come true. And uh for dreams to come true, it takes a village and my village has nothing been short, wow, I am messing up up here. Okay. To achieve your dreams, uh it takes a village and and my village has been nothing short of special uh since the start of my journey. Starting with my wife, my mom, my dad, my brother, Simon, EK, Nate, Nam, Vince, Sunday, Maurice, DVO, Mark. Uh, the list goes on and on. And those names probably don’t mean much to a lot of people in the world, but to me, they mean everything. Uh, and I love those guys. Love them. Love them to death. Then, I want to thank the Thunder organization, uh, for allowing me to be me, uh, be a basketball player and make my dreams come true. Then I want to thank my teammates. Best basketball team in the world and they earned that. They deserve that. Uh I love you guys too. Not as much as the other guys, but I love you guys too. Thank you everybody. Have a good night. [Applause] [Music] [Music]

Watch as NBA Champion and MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is presented with the Best Athlete – Men’s Sports award at the 2025 ESPYS.

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