Shai Gilgeous-Alexander could show up anywhere in Hamilton — even at your university’s basketball practice.

Early this week, the Oklahoma City Thunder superstar — accompanied by his cousin and fellow NBA player Nickeil Alexander-Walker — stopped by the Burridge Gymnasium for practice with the McMaster University men’s basketball team. To outsiders, the visit might have seemed like a casual off-season appearance, as SGA is known to pop up around Hamilton, but this was a little more calculated.

SGA trains at home in Hamilton during the off-season with his skill and development coach Nem Ilic. With NBA training camps two weeks away and a Marauders exhibition game next week, both sides saw an opportunity. Sporting an Oklahoma City Thunder practice T-shirt and stepping out onto the court in h

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