Josh Giddey biography: 13 things about NBA player born in Melbourne, Australia

Joshua James “Josh” Giddey is an Australian professional basketball player born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He is playing for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association in the United States.

Giddey’s sister Hannah Giddey, also a basketball player, played for Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, Oklahoma, USA. Their father Warrick Giddey was a National Basketball League player from 1987 to 2002.

In 2022, Warrick became the head coach for the Melbourne Tigers women’s team of NBL1 South. His wife Kim Giddey played in the Women’s National Basketball League.

Raised in Yarraville, Victoria, Josh went to St. Kevin’s College in Melbourne. He also attended the University of Canberra (UC) Senior Secondary College Lake Ginninderra in Belconnen, Canberra, Australia alongside his full-time training at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in Canberra.

Josh is 6’8″ tall. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. In April 2019, he averaged 20 points, 8.3 rebounds and six assists per game at the Australian Under-18 Championships.
2. In May 2019, he took part in Basketball Without Borders at NBA All-Star Weekend in Chicago, Illinois, USA and was named an all-star of the camp.
3. In January 2020, he helped the NBA Global Academy win the Torneo Junior Ciutat de L’Hospitalet in Barcelona, Spain where he earned most valuable player (MVP) honors.
4. On March 12, 2020, he signed with the Adelaide 36ers of the NBL as a part of the league’s Next Stars program to develop NBA draft prospects, making him the first Australian player to be a part of the program.
5. On April 26, 2021, he recorded 12 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in a 93–77 loss to the New Zealand Breakers, making him the youngest Australian in NBL history to record a triple double.
6. On May 1, 2021, he became the first ever Australian to record a triple-double in consecutive games in the Adelaide 36ers’ next game against the Brisbane Bullets.
7. On July 29, 2021, he was drafted as the sixth overall pick by the Oklahoma City Thunder.
8. On August 8, 2021, he signed a contract with the Oklahoma City Thunder.
9. On October, 20, 2021, he made his NBA debut, putting up four points, 10 rebounds and three assists in a 107–86 loss to the Utah Jazz.
10. On December 26, 2021, he became the second player in NBA history to record a scoreless double-double after Norm Van Lier.
11. On January 10, 2023, he joined Luka Dončić, Ben Simmons and Grant Hill as the only players in NBA history to record at least 1,000 points, 700 rebounds and 500 assists in their first 100 career games.
12. On October 10, 2023, he turned 21.
13. On November 23, 2023, he turned comments off on his Instagram account shortly after photos and videos of him with an underage girl surfaced on social media and his name began trending on X, formerly Twitter. On November 25, 2023, he joined the Oklahoma City Thunder’s practice session where he refused to answer questions about his alleged inappropriate behavior with a minor.