Adam Silver on Josh Giddey: I can't think of a time when we've suspended a player based on an allegation alone
Clutch Points: “I can’t think of many circumstances where we’ve suspended a player based on an allegation alone… where there is a criminal investigation, we take a backseat… That’s where things currently stand.” Adam Silver on the Josh Giddey situation. pic.twitter.com/iGFpxmP5zs
Source: Twitter @ClutchPointsApp
Source: Twitter @ClutchPointsApp
What’s the buzz on Twitter?
Clemente Almanza @CAlmanza1007
‘We trust (him) to make the right play’: Jalen Williams remains confident in Josh Giddey (via @The_ThunderWire):
okcthunderwire.usatoday.com/2023/12/08/we-… – 4:11 PM
‘We trust (him) to make the right play’: Jalen Williams remains confident in Josh Giddey (via @The_ThunderWire):
okcthunderwire.usatoday.com/2023/12/08/we-… – 4:11 PM
Clemente Almanza @CAlmanza1007
Jalen Williams: “We trust Josh (Giddey) to make the right play. I don’t really think he’s hindering anything as far as offense. Mark kinda hit it on the head — we have so many options on the team and he can be effective in so many other ways.” pic.twitter.com/Po2xSqK5VZ – 12:09 PM
Jalen Williams: “We trust Josh (Giddey) to make the right play. I don’t really think he’s hindering anything as far as offense. Mark kinda hit it on the head — we have so many options on the team and he can be effective in so many other ways.” pic.twitter.com/Po2xSqK5VZ – 12:09 PM
Clemente Almanza @CAlmanza1007
Amidst Josh Giddey’s struggles, Mark Daigneault said he must make adjustments (via @The_ThunderWire):
okcthunderwire.usatoday.com/2023/12/07/ami… – 3:35 PM
Amidst Josh Giddey’s struggles, Mark Daigneault said he must make adjustments (via @The_ThunderWire):
okcthunderwire.usatoday.com/2023/12/07/ami… – 3:35 PM
Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
New Locked on #Thunder Podcast:
🏀 Rockets Therapy Session
🏀 Your takeaways
🏀 Giddey
🏀 Ch-Ch-Changes
Premiering on the Locked on Thunder Youtube right now, I am in the chat
#ThunderUp #FirstListen:
link.chtbl.com/LOThunder pic.twitter.com/jWnsOa5BEQ – 3:06 PM
New Locked on #Thunder Podcast:
🏀 Rockets Therapy Session
🏀 Your takeaways
🏀 Giddey
🏀 Ch-Ch-Changes
Premiering on the Locked on Thunder Youtube right now, I am in the chat
#ThunderUp #FirstListen:
link.chtbl.com/LOThunder pic.twitter.com/jWnsOa5BEQ – 3:06 PM
Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
Mark Daigneault said the first adjustment for Josh Giddey is “let him see it” said he has never been played like this before, but “we need to find solutions with it,” said he told Josh to “play on the catch, the quicker you play against that stuff the harder it is for teams to… – 2:11 PM
Mark Daigneault said the first adjustment for Josh Giddey is “let him see it” said he has never been played like this before, but “we need to find solutions with it,” said he told Josh to “play on the catch, the quicker you play against that stuff the harder it is for teams to… – 2:11 PM
Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
Mark Daigneault on how Josh Giddey is getting defended pic.twitter.com/ognlEzQWse – 2:11 PM
Mark Daigneault on how Josh Giddey is getting defended pic.twitter.com/ognlEzQWse – 2:11 PM
Sam Vecenie @Sam_Vecenie
Think it’d be worth trying to use Josh Giddey off the bench in OKC. Houston really took advantage of him tonight by putting Sengun on him
Giddey made sense for them previously without the non-Shai ballhandling. Now that Jalen can handle it, makes a bit less sense. Need a shooter – 12:25 AM
Think it’d be worth trying to use Josh Giddey off the bench in OKC. Houston really took advantage of him tonight by putting Sengun on him
Giddey made sense for them previously without the non-Shai ballhandling. Now that Jalen can handle it, makes a bit less sense. Need a shooter – 12:25 AM
Royce Young @royceyoung
Rockets beat the Thunder 110-101. OKC hit just 8-29 from 3.
– SGA: 33 and 6 assists + 6 steals (13-18 shooting)
– Dub: 13 points and 5 rebounds
– Giddey: 8 points and 6 assists
– Chet: 6 blocks – 10:25 PM
Rockets beat the Thunder 110-101. OKC hit just 8-29 from 3.
– SGA: 33 and 6 assists + 6 steals (13-18 shooting)
– Dub: 13 points and 5 rebounds
– Giddey: 8 points and 6 assists
– Chet: 6 blocks – 10:25 PM
Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
Really good pass by Giddey has to get back to more of that quick decision making creating an advantage – 8:54 PM
Really good pass by Giddey has to get back to more of that quick decision making creating an advantage – 8:54 PM
Clemente Almanza @CAlmanza1007
End of 1Q: Rockets 32, Thunder 22
SGA – 8 points
Giddey – 6 points, 2 assists
Sengun – 8 points, 2 assists
Green – 9 points, 4 rebounds – 8:37 PM
End of 1Q: Rockets 32, Thunder 22
SGA – 8 points
Giddey – 6 points, 2 assists
Sengun – 8 points, 2 assists
Green – 9 points, 4 rebounds – 8:37 PM
Jonathan Feigen @Jonathan_Feigen
Rockets defending Giddey with Sengun and giving him all the 3s he wants. He has hit 2 of 4. SGA, defended by Brooks, has attempted just one shot. OKC time out, 3:40 left in the first, Rockets up nine. – 8:26 PM
Rockets defending Giddey with Sengun and giving him all the 3s he wants. He has hit 2 of 4. SGA, defended by Brooks, has attempted just one shot. OKC time out, 3:40 left in the first, Rockets up nine. – 8:26 PM
Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
Tough fadeaway by Dillon Brooks I thought that was a pretty good contest by Giddey after the initial bump – 8:25 PM
Tough fadeaway by Dillon Brooks I thought that was a pretty good contest by Giddey after the initial bump – 8:25 PM
Clemente Almanza @CAlmanza1007
Rockets are allowing Giddey to take as many open 3s as he’d like. Currently 2/4 from deep – 8:24 PM
Rockets are allowing Giddey to take as many open 3s as he’d like. Currently 2/4 from deep – 8:24 PM
Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
First possession out of the timeout Josh Giddey set a screen for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. IMO the Thunder have to do more of that to try and get a Sengun switch onto literally anyone else on the perimeter. – 8:24 PM
First possession out of the timeout Josh Giddey set a screen for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. IMO the Thunder have to do more of that to try and get a Sengun switch onto literally anyone else on the perimeter. – 8:24 PM
Adam Spolane @AdamSpolane
The sparse Toyota Center crowd is booing Josh Giddey every time he touches the basketball – 8:14 PM
The sparse Toyota Center crowd is booing Josh Giddey every time he touches the basketball – 8:14 PM
Clemente Almanza @CAlmanza1007
All 47 Rockets fans at the game have picked up on the recent trend of booing Giddey each time he touches the ball – 8:13 PM
All 47 Rockets fans at the game have picked up on the recent trend of booing Giddey each time he touches the ball – 8:13 PM
Jonathan Feigen @Jonathan_Feigen
Some boos for Josh Giddey in the introductions. Not much, but noticeable. – 8:07 PM
Some boos for Josh Giddey in the introductions. Not much, but noticeable. – 8:07 PM
Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
Thunder Starters:
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Josh Giddey
Lu Dort
Jalen Williams
Chet Holmgren
Rockets Starters:
Fred VanVleet
Jalen Green
Dillon Brooks
Jabari Smith Jr
Alperen Sengun
Thunder inactives: Lindy Waters III, Ousmane Dieng, Keyontae Johnson. – 8:04 PM
Thunder Starters:
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Josh Giddey
Lu Dort
Jalen Williams
Chet Holmgren
Rockets Starters:
Fred VanVleet
Jalen Green
Dillon Brooks
Jabari Smith Jr
Alperen Sengun
Thunder inactives: Lindy Waters III, Ousmane Dieng, Keyontae Johnson. – 8:04 PM
Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
Thunder Starters:
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Josh Giddey
Lu Dort
Jalen Williams
Chet Holmgren
Rockets Starters:
Fred VanVleet
Jalen Green
Dillon Brooks
Jabari Smith Jr
Alpergen Sengun
Thunder inactives: Lindy Waters III, Ousmane Dieng, Keyontae Johnson. – 7:34 PM
Thunder Starters:
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Josh Giddey
Lu Dort
Jalen Williams
Chet Holmgren
Rockets Starters:
Fred VanVleet
Jalen Green
Dillon Brooks
Jabari Smith Jr
Alpergen Sengun
Thunder inactives: Lindy Waters III, Ousmane Dieng, Keyontae Johnson. – 7:34 PM
Clemente Almanza @CAlmanza1007
‘He’s still a better player than he was a year ago’: Mark Daigneault explains Josh Giddey’s struggles (via @The_ThunderWire):
okcthunderwire.usatoday.com/2023/12/05/mar… – 5:00 PM
‘He’s still a better player than he was a year ago’: Mark Daigneault explains Josh Giddey’s struggles (via @The_ThunderWire):
okcthunderwire.usatoday.com/2023/12/05/mar… – 5:00 PM
More on this storyline
National men’s basketball coach Brian Goorjian says he “100 per cent” wants Josh Giddey to represent Australia at Paris 2024, but has a back-up plan, as the NBA star deals with hostile opposition fans and two separate investigations into allegations of an improper relationship with a teenage girl. -via Sydney Morning Herald / December 8, 2023
Goorjian has flown to the United States to meet Australia’s NBA-based players and this masthead confirmed he is scheduled to meet Giddey on Friday, December 15 (AEDT), when he will deliver a message of reassurance to the 21-year-old who is being investigated by the Newport Beach Police Department, in southern California, and the NBA. -via Sydney Morning Herald / December 8, 2023
Brian Goorjian: “I don’t know what happened, but I know he is a special kid from a special family and he is a Boomer so it’s my time to step up. Not make a phone call and then say hope it all works out for you. I cut him from the [Tokyo] Olympics and he didn’t come back with ‘here’s some baggage you can wear’, he came back with a hug and ‘I’m in’ for the World Cup. So it’s my turn now.” -via Sydney Morning Herald / December 8, 2023