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Josh Giddey on Caleb Wilson: “I think the thing about him is he doesn’t have one part of his game. He can kind of do everything, and he obviously showed the way he can shoot the ball at summer league, and he can get downhill. He’s athletic, so there’s no real holes in his game, so to speak. He’s obviously young, and he’ll polish a lot of his game up as he gets older and matures. “But I think being able to guard multiple positions, he can rebound, he can run the floor. He doesn’t have a lot of weaknesses in his game, and as I said, he’s a young guy in the league. There’ll be learning curves for him, but he comes in with a pretty well-rounded game and someone that can impact the floor at a high level on both ends.”
Josh Giddey on Tiago Splitter: “Yeah, he’s been great. He’s been really good, and I think as a guy that’s a former player in the NBA, he understands it, and he obviously did a great job with Portland last year. I’m super excited. I’ve had a lot of conversations with him. Obviously, he was in Portland last year, so I didn’t know him a lot, but since he’s been in Chicago, I’ve gotten to know him and spend time with him and talk with him. “Everything he’s about kind of aligns with how we want to play and go about things. He’s been great, and the conversations I’ve had with him have been great. I’m super excited to play for him and ramp things up as we get closer to the season.”
Giddey: “I think as a former player at the highest level, he understands us and he’s able to relate on that more personal level than maybe a guy that hasn’t played in the NBA or hasn’t done the things that he’s done. “He can see the game from a player’s perspective as someone who’s played it for a long time. So it’s probably the best thing about him. And a very high IQ guy. You can tell just talking basketball with him. He knows the game really well. I’m excited to play for him.”
“It's obviously a pretty loaded conference,” said Josh Giddey of the Eastern Conference in a one-on-one interview. “But I think we've got a good mix: veterans, young guys, guys that have been there before and experienced playoff basketball, guys that are hungry to get there. I'm comfortable with what we have in the locker room. I think we've got more than enough to be competitive in this league and be a playoff team. I think it's a matter of doing it every night. I think middle of the season, when it gets to those grind kind of days, and when you don't feel like playing one night, I think those are the games where you can steal a bunch, and that's not going to make or break your season.”
“It's obviously a pretty loaded conference,” said Giddey of the Eastern Conference in a one-on-one interview. “But I think we've got a good mix: veterans, young guys, guys that have been there before and experienced playoff basketball, guys that are hungry to get there. I'm comfortable with what we have in the locker room. I think we've got more than enough to be competitive in this league and be a playoff team. I think it's a matter of doing it every night. I think middle of the season, when it gets to those grind kind of days, and when you don't feel like playing one night, I think those are the games where you can steal a bunch, and that's not going to make or break your season.”
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“But I think the more consistent we can be, I think that's something we struggled with last year,” said Giddey. “We went through stretches where we looked like a really really good team, then we looked went through stretches where we didn't look like a good team. So being able to be consistent, having a deep team where we can go to a bunch of different guys to give us different looks, and I think those are important things. Obviously, staying healthy is you know number one thing, but that's not always in your control. So yeah, I think this time we've had together over the off season has been good to build that chemistry and grow together. But yeah, I guess we'll we'll see how it starts in a month or so.”
Keith Smith: Jalen Duren wants something around $40M per year. The Pistons are offering $35M per year. This will probably land with Duren getting $37-38M per year. Just gotta battle it out for a bit longer. (This is what happened with Josh Giddey/Bulls last season.)
Chicago Bulls star Josh Giddey has brought a touch of NBA glamour to Mirrabooka, spending six hours meeting young basketballers at a charity camp aimed at supporting mental health and resilience. More than 300 children, including Telethon children and their families, attended the Basketball Camp at Stirling Leisure on Saturday, August 15. Young players were given the opportunity to meet the 23-year-old Australian NBA star, take part in basketball drills, and ask questions about his journey to the world’s biggest basketball league.
The Timberwolves had talks with the Celtics about Jaylen Brown, the Milwaukee Bucks about Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Chicago Bulls about Josh Giddey, according to team sources who granted anonymity so they could talk about sensitive negotiations. Brown was intriguing, but the Celtics were asking for a king’s ransom that included Gobert and heavy draft capital. There were also debates about how Edwards and Brown would fit together as two ISO-heavy scorers on offense. Connelly had given chase to Antetokounmpo before last season and at the trade deadline, but the Wolves never got close on a deal there either, sources said. Giddey was another big guard to potentially pair with Edwards, but there was little traction on talks there.
The Timberwolves explored multiple avenues to add another star next to Edwards in the days leading up to landing Ball. There were discussions with the Chicago Bulls about Josh Giddey. They had talks with the Boston Celtics about Jaylen Brown, a team source said, but the Celtics were looking for a package including Gobert, Reid and similar pick compensation that went to Charlotte for Ball, team sources said. That was just too much for the Wolves to pay for a soon-to-be 30-year-old forward who, while being a better overall player than Ball, wasn’t as clean a fit next to Edwards.
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Joel Lorenzi: Caleb Wilson said he got to know Matas Buzelis some before the draft, and that Matas was at his draft workout. "He's always been someone that I believed is a great guy." Continued: "I know Josh Giddey is a great guard, really unselfish. I'm excited to play with him."
The list of veterans whom the Wolves have discussed this spring includes the Milwaukee Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo, the Dallas Mavericks’ Kyrie Irving, the New Orleans Pelicans’ Trey Murphy III, the Chicago Bulls’ Josh Giddey, the Boston Celtics’ Derrick White and many more. A couple of important caveats are that every team in the league is considering veteran help, and that having interest in a player does not mean any potential trades have ever been close.
Darren Wolfson: Another player of interest to the Wolves, per multiple league contacts: Bulls guard Josh Giddey. Just not sure how you pry him out of Chicago, and I like his fit with new coach Tiago Splitter. #WolvesBack #Twolves
