Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault and assistant Dave Bliss will coach two of the four All-Star squads in the ambitious four-team tournament that replaced the traditional All-Star Game. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jalen Williams are All-Star players this season on opposite squads.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jalen Williams were selected as All-Star players. Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault and his staff also made the trip. Throw in Cason Wallace as a Rising Stars representative and plenty of folks from OKC have taken over San Francisco for three days.
The Oklahoma City Thunder will be well-represented in the 2025 NBA All-Star Game on Sunday night at Chase Center in San Francisco. MVP favorite Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jalen Williams will play, while Mark Daigneault coaches Sunday night in the new-look format for NBA All-Star weekend.
After Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault made a Shai Gilgeous-Alexander decision to save his All-Star for the fourth quarter, All-Star Jalen Williams helped slice an 11-point deficit in the third quarter against the Heat.
The Oklahoma City Thunder will be well-represented in the NBA All-Star Game on Sunday night, with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jalen Williams playing, and Mark Daigneault and Dave Bliss coaching.
The Thunder could not have given Daigneault a better gift, as there is nothing that validates a coach's hard work more than the consistent winning basketball his team can play. But Gilgeous-Alexander has other ideas for what gift to deliver to the young head coach.
Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault commends the Minnesota Timberwolves after late-game collapse.
Alexander's third All-Star experience was nearly corrupted by the NBA’s new format. That it didn’t steal his Sunday joy was his choice.