Josh Giddey — a 6-foot-Eight Australian playmaking guard — is coming into the 2021 NBA draft, his brokers Daniel Moldovan and Alex Saratsis of Octagon Sports activities informed ESPN on Tuesday.
Giddey is the No. 13 prospect in ESPN’s Top 100 NBA draft rankings and will climb increased within the lottery.
Giddey, 18, has performed a starring position in Australia’s Nationwide Basketball League that delivered rookie of the 12 months candidate LaMelo Ball to the NBA a 12 months in the past. Giddey has spent this season with the Adelaide 36ers of the NBL, averaging 11 factors, 7.four assists and seven.1 rebounds.
“I do know that taking part in within the NBL has greater than ready me for the subsequent stage, so I am able to take that leap and enter the 2021 NBA Draft,” Giddey informed ESPN in an announcement. “The 36ers have executed an ideal job creating me, and have put quite a lot of work into my sport over the whole time I have been right here. My teammates and the teaching employees right here in Adelaide have helped my sport attain a brand new stage, and that is solely given me extra confidence that that is the suitable determination for me.”
Giddey is a gifted passing guard with a aptitude for the spectacular. He recorded 12 factors, 10 rebounds and 10 assists on Sunday, making him the youngest participant to publish a triple-double within the league since Ball a season in the past.
Giddey has an opportunity to be the primary worldwide participant chosen within the 2021 NBA draft.