Oklahoma City star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, a 28-year-old back-to-back NBA MVP and recent NBA champion under a $285 million extension through 2031, has purchased an ownership stake in Spanish club Atlético Madrid. The move makes him the first Thunder player to invest in the high-profile European football club and signals growing cross‑market athlete investment between the NBA and major European teams.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is 28 years old, a back-to-back NBA MVP, and an NBA champion. He has a $285 million extension keeping him in Oklahoma City through 2031. This week, he added something to that résumé no Thunder player has ever had: a stake in Atlético Madrid. The Spanish club announced Friday that SGA has joined […] The post The NBA’s Best Player Just Bought Into One of Europe’s Biggest Clubs appeared first on PlayersTV.
Curated by Taleb Kabbara · Source: playerstv.com
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Atlético Madrid: Atlético Madrid is a Spanish football club that received a new minority stakeholder when NBA player Shai Gilgeous-Alexander bought a stake in the club.
NBA: The NBA is the professional basketball league in which Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is a back-to-back MVP and champion and that governs the league context for his $285 million extension.
PlayersTV: PlayersTV is the media outlet where the article was posted and that published the story about Shai Gilgeous-Alexander buying a stake in Atlético Madrid.
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