Chet Holmgren Drops Bizarre Name For Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s Unborn Child After Life-Changing Announcement
Oklahoma City Thunder‘s Chet Holmgren recently won the Western Conference Rookie of the Month. He won the honor for the games played in October and November. Holmgren played 18 games and had 17.8 points on average. They also tallied 36 points in his 130-123 win over the Golden State Warriors on November 18th. As the Rookie participated in a podcast, he had a name for the son of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander who is expecting a son.
Alexander recently announced about the baby he is expecting on Instagram. Many stars congratulated him and Holmgren has a name too for the young champ.
Chet Holmgren’s name for the Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s son
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After Alexander announced that he was expecting a son with his partner, Hailey Summers, many stars congratulated him. The list included the former teammate, mentor of Alexander and Golden State Warriors star Chris Paul. So did Spencer Dinwiddie of the Brooklyn Nets. And Holmgren posted “Shai 2.0 coming soon.”
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After winning the Rookie of the month title, Holmgren appeared on the Instagram live with Jalen William’s. The two discussed a host of issues. When the conversation moved towards Alexander expecting a baby, Jalen told him that Alexander should name his kid with some variation of Poku’s name. Chet came up with a hilarious one modeled on the name of Serbian star Aleksej Pokuševski. Chet Holmgren suggested “Shai-sev-ski”.
Jalen Williams said Shai Gilgeous-Alexander should name his kid “some variation of Poku’s name” Chet Holmgren said “Shai-sev-ski”
— Rylan Stiles (@Rylan_Stiles) December 5, 2023
Whether the baby of Alexander will like the name or not, the pair of Alexander-Holmgren is feared by the opponents and admired by the Thunders including Alexander himself.
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Chet Holmgren and Alexander — the deadly duo
Chet Holmgren’s first season was spoiled due to the foot injury. This season he thundered for the Thunders, acting as arsenal in defense and offense like a double-edged sword.
On the other hand, Alexander has been among the top scorers in the league. He perfectly paired with the Rookie as he had predicted. Alexander had said about the pair, “It’s gonna be very fun. We both have weapons we can add and make each other’s games easier. The more we get better at it, the faster we get better at it, the better the team will be.”
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Alexander had talked about the fun his pair with Holmgren would be. The fun is all visible on the court as it is off the court with Holmgren’s wonderful ability to weave names of unborn kids.
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Saumya Khanduja