OKLAHOMA CITY — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had been asked to list his strengths and weaknesses as a player, and he was obliging when the interruption came.
The new Thunder point guard began to name his best attributes: leadership and playmaking — and something else, obscured by a squawking announcement over the public address system at Eugene Field Elementary on Thursday.
Ms. Harrington needed to call the office, and the matter would wait for no man, not even an Oklahoma City newcomer meeting the local media for the first time after helping students pick out reading material on the Rolling Thunder Book Bus.
So Gilgeous-Alexander paused, and when the crackling announcement ended, he picked up right where he left off.
“… Penetrating ability,” he continued. “And then weak points? Strength. I feel like I need to get stronger, and I feel like I’ve done so. And then just, I guess shooting the ball from deep, off the dribble, as well as…
