Overview
- During an Open Run interview at the NBA Cup semifinals in Las Vegas, Rachel Nichols cited a fan meme suggesting Thunder executive Sam Presti would scout a hypothetical A’ja Wilson–Bam Adebayo child.
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander humored the prompt, replying, "Sam takes his job very serious, and whatever it takes to be great, he will do."
- After the clip spread, Wilson posted that the premise was "a lil strange orrrr weird..???", while Adebayo wrote, "This is why privacy matters."
- The meme traced back to Wilson’s recent Time profile discussing the dream of starting a family, yet the on-air use drew social criticism and no prominent response from Nichols was reported in the coverage.
- A viral claim that Wilson is pregnant with twins was debunked as a parody-account fabrication, with no reputable reporting that the couple is expecting.