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Fan Asked Shai Gilgeous-Alexander to Sign His Forehead and He Rolled With It

Ahead of his big Game 3, SGA signed a fan's head.

Liam McKeone

SGA didn't hesitate to sign a young fan's forehead
SGA didn't hesitate to sign a young fan's forehead / Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander starred in his first game as the official NBA MVP, scoring 38 points on Thursday night to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a Game 2 win. Before the game, he had a cool gesture for a young fan. A bit of a weird gesture. But a cool one.

As he was warming up ahead of the Western Conference finals battle against the Minnesota Timberwolves Gilgeous-Alexander engaged with a group of fans for an autograph session. One young fan asked SGA to sign his forehead. The superstar guard obliged and seemed pretty unfazed, too.

As the fan notes at the end of the video, SGA's signature joined Isaiah Hartenstein's and Kenrich Williams's on his head. Quite the collection.

A nice interaction between fan and player.

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Liam McKeone
LIAM MCKEONE

Liam McKeone is a senior writer for the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He has been in the industry as a content creator since 2017, and prior to joining SI in May 2024, McKeone worked for NBC Sports Boston and The Big Lead. In addition to his work as a writer, he has hosted the Press Pass Podcast covering sports media and The Big Stream covering pop culture. A graduate of Fordham University, he is always up for a good debate and enjoys loudly arguing about sports, rap music, books and video games. McKeone has been a member of the National Sports Media Association since 2020.

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