{"id":108435,"date":"2021-07-30T00:55:22","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T00:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=108435"},"modified":"2021-07-30T02:59:11","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T02:59:11","slug":"aussie-teenagers-nba-dream-becomes-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=108435","title":{"rendered":"Aussie teenager&#039;s NBA dream becomes reality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australian teenager Josh Giddey&#x27;s NBA dream has become a reality, selected sixth overall by the Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA draft.<\/p>\n<p>Giddey, 18, was named NBL Rookie of the Year last season and will make up to $5 million in his first year in the league having secured a place in the top ten picks.<\/p>\n<p>The Aussie will join a team with plenty of youth and could form a strong combination with rising star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in the back-court.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1420907661575561220?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1420907661575561220?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Giddey becomes the first player from the NBA Global Academy, based at the Australian Institute of Sport, to become a first-round pick.<\/p>\n<p>His playmaking ability had seen scouts rate him &quot;arguably the best passer in this draft&quot; according to ESPN draft analyst Mike Schmitz.<\/p>\n<p>MORE TO FOLLOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Australian teenager Josh Giddey&#x27;s NBA dream has become a reality, selected sixth overall by the Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA draft. Giddey, 18, was <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=108435\" title=\"Aussie teenager&#039;s NBA dream becomes reality\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108435"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=108435"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108436,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108435\/revisions\/108436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=108435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=108435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=108435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}