Josh Giddey

Josh Giddey

20-Year-Old GuardG
Oklahoma City Thunder
2023 Fantasy Outlook
Giddey is heading into his third season after putting up career highs of 16.6 points, 7.9 rebounds, 1.9 free-throw attempts and 48.2 percent shooting from the field in 2022-23. Following his rookie season, where he proved to be a versatile offensive talent, Giddey doubled down on his reputation with 28 double-doubles and four triple-doubles in his sophomore campaign. He dropped a career-high 31 points on two occasions, once with 31 points, nine rebounds and 10 assists, and a second time with 31 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists. He also had 16 games with more than 10 rebounds, peaking at a high of 17, in an outing where he also logged 27 points and seven assists. Giddey will continue to be a critical part of the rising Thunder squad and will likely remain the team's top distributor, while Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jalen Williams and Chet Holmgren will take up most of the shots. Giddey should still find a way to contribute at least 15 points per game thanks to his efficient scoring at close range and his three-point shooting that showed good improvement from the previous season. If he can continue improving his long-distance efficiency, Giddey will round out his offensive arsenal and appeal as a true multi-level scoring threat. On the other hand, the Australian forward shot a modest 73.1 percent from the foul line, which stands out as an attainable area for improvement that can help boost his scoring totals without even needing to take any more shots in the offense. Read Past Outlooks
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$Signed a two-year, $12.28 million contract with the Thunder in August of 2021. Thunder exercised $6.59 million team option for 2023-24 in October of 2022. Contract includes $8.35 million team option for 2024-25.
Personal Bio/PreCareer Summary

Joshua Giddey was born in Melbourne, Australia in October of 2002. He is the son of Warrick and Kim Giddey. Both Warrick and Kim played professional basketball in Australia. Josh's sister, Hannah, has played college basketball at Oral Roberts. For prep school, Giddey attended St. Kevin's College in Melbourne. In April of 2019, the versatile guard led VIC Metro to the Australian Under-18 Championship title. Also in 2019, Giddey was named an All-Star Five after leading his team to gold at the FIBA Under-17 Oceania Championship. In January of 2020, Giddey earned the MVP trophy at the Torneo Junior Ciutat de L'Hospitalet in Barcelona, Spain, where he also led his team to the tournament title. In February of 2020, Giddey made his debut for the Australian national team at FIBA Asia Cup qualification. In March of 2020, instead of committing to an American college team, Giddey signed a professional contract with the Adelaide 36ers of the NBL in Australia. The signing was part of the NBL's "Next Stars" program, which is committed to developing NBA draft prospects. In 28 games with the 36ers, Giddey averaged 10.9 points, 7.3 boards and a league-best 7.6 assists per contest. In April of 2021, Giddey declared for the NBA Draft and was selected by the Oklahoma City Thunder with the sixth overall pick.

Fizzles in second Play-In Game
GOklahoma City Thunder
April 14, 2023
Giddey logged six points (2-13 FG, 0-4 3Pt, 2-2 FT), five rebounds, four assists and one steal in 30 minutes during Friday's 120-95 Play-In Game loss to the Timberwolves.
ANALYSIS
Giddey was fantastic in OKC's Play-In win over the Pelicans on Wednesday, falling just shy of a triple-double with 31 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds. However, he could not come close to duplicating that performance Friday, shooting a miserable 2-for-13 from the field and making less of an impact on the boards and as a distributor. Despite the sour conclusion, Giddey showed promising growth in his second NBA campaign, upping his field-goal rate over six notches to a solid 48.2 percent. He nearly broke into the top 100 in nine-category fantasy leagues due to his ability to contribute across three categories, averaging 16.6 points, 7.9 boards and 6.2 dimes per contest during the regular season.
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Stat Review
How does Josh Giddey compare to other players?
This section compares his stats with all players from the previous three seasons (minimum 200 minutes played)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
  • True Shooting %
    An advanced statistic that measures a player's efficiency at shooting the ball that takes field goal percentage, free throw percentage, and three point percentage into account.
  • Effective Field Goal %
    A statistic that adjusts field goal percentage to account for the fact that three-point field goals count for three points while field goals only count for two points.
  • 3-Point Attempt Rate
    Percentage of field goal attempts from three point range.
  • Free Throw Rate
    Number of free throw attempts per field goal attempt.
  • Offensive Rebound %
    An estimate of the percentage of available offensive rebounds a player grabbed while they were on the floor.
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  • Total Rebound %
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  • Assist %
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  • Block %
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  • Turnover %
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True Shooting %
53.3%
 
Effective Field Goal %
51.6%
 
3-Point Attempt Rate
20.9%
 
Free Throw Rate
13.0%
 
Offensive Rebound %
6.6%
 
Defensive Rebound %
20.9%
 
Total Rebound %
13.6%
 
Assist %
30.0%
 
Steal %
1.0%
 
Block %
1.2%
 
Turnover %
11.3%
 
Usage %
24.6%
 
Fantasy Points Per Game
36.0
 
Fantasy Points Per Minute
1.2
 
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
Three-point stagnation
GOklahoma City Thunder
September 4, 2023
Giddey scored 19.4 points per game on 54.2 percent shooting at the FIBA World Cup, but he went just 2-for-12 from deep across five starts. He also chipped in 5.0 rebounds and 6.0 assists per game.
ANALYSIS
Giddey's lack of shooting success is unfortunate, but the unwillingness he displayed when given quality looks from beyond the arc is truly alarming. Perhaps he simply wasn't super comfortable in Australia's offense, despite strong overall numbers. The 20-year-old climbed to 32.5 percent shooting on 3.1 threes per game last season with Oklahoma City, but his floor spacing remains a critical aspect of his development.
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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2021
Despite taking managers through the rookie roller coaster of ups and downs, Giddey rounded into form toward the end and compiled a successful rookie campaign with the Thunder. In his first 30 games (October through December), he averaged 10.8 points on 39/25/65 shooting, 7.1 rebounds and 6.1 assists in 30.2 minutes. But the new year brought about new efficiency. In his 24 games in 2022, he averaged 14.5 points on 45/28/78 shooting, 8.6 rebounds and 6.8 assists in 33.4 minutes. Giddey exhibited tremendous upside as a passer as a 19-year-old, though his 47.8 true shooting percentage was awful and tracked with the pre-draft concerns that he may never be a great scorer. He had a heavy diet of floaters, with 33 percent of his shot attempts coming between 4-14 feet from the rim. Encouragingly, he hit 45 percent of those looks, and his improved free-throw percentage as the year wore on sparks some hope that he can consistently nail threes. Giddey should make strides this season while sharing playmaking responsibilities with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. His ceiling is only so high while sharing a team with someone as talented as Gilgeous-Alexander, but SGA's ability off the ball benefits Giddey's usage. Giddey ranked 95th in per-game production last season, so fantasy managers should undoubtedly look to draft him sooner this year.
For an 18-year-old in need of seasoning at the NBA level, Giddey is in an excellent spot to develop. But for the immediate future, Giddey may have difficulty gaining relevance in most fantasy leagues. He comes over from Australia with a diverse stat profile - 10.8 points, 7.4 rebounds, 7.4 assists, 1.1 steals in the NBL last season - but he'll have to contend for touches with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Lu Dort and a host of other young players the Thunder are looking to develop. We didn't get a great look at Giddey in Summer League, as he rolled his ankle early in his first game and played just six total minutes. As a poor shooter (29.3% 3PT; 69.1% FT) with a thin frame, Giddey doesn't project to have a major off-ball impact. He'll likely be eased into action early on, with his best chance for fantasy relevance coming later in the season if the Thunder deal some key players or embrace a full-on tank, as was the case over the second half of 2020-21.
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Flirts with triple-double
GOklahoma City Thunder
April 13, 2023
Giddey finished with 31 points (11-22 FG, 3-7 3Pt, 6-7 FT), nine rebounds, 10 assists and one block over 42 minutes during Wednesday's 123-118 Play-In Game victory over the Pelicans.
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Not listed on injury report
GOklahoma City Thunder
April 12, 2023
Giddey (rest) isn't listed on the Thunder's injury report ahead of Wednesday's game against the Pelicans.
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Won't play Sunday
GOklahoma City Thunder
Rest
April 8, 2023
Giddey (rest) will not play in Sunday's game against the Grizzlies, Rylan Stiles of FanSided.com reports.
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Does it all in win
GOklahoma City Thunder
April 7, 2023
Giddey registered 17 points (6-14 FG, 2-5 3Pt, 3-4 FT), eight rebounds, eight assists and three steals in 36 minutes during Thursday's 114-98 victory over the Jazz.
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Flirts with triple-double in loss
GOklahoma City Thunder
April 2, 2023
Giddey accumulated 16 points (5-16 FG, 2-7 3Pt, 4-6 FT), nine rebounds and eight assists across 35 minutes during Sunday's 128-118 loss to the Suns.
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