Come, come, come, show you the next boss of the Thunder.
Before 2021, many people thought that Shay Giljes Alexander would be the best player for the Thunder in the next few years, but now, Josh Gidey from Australia is not inferior, and in comparison, his ceiling is higher and more suitable for playing the role of cornerstone.
Next, let's take a look at Gidy and also summarize his performance in the past dozens of games.
In fact, in the past draft cycle, Gidy is not a lotto favorite, although his performance in the NBL league is quite eye-catching, averaging 10.3 points, 7.3 rebounds and 7.6 assists per game, but the disadvantages in talent, such as too slow, average athleticism, etc., still make many teams prohibitive, don't look at the later prediction of the pick as high as 10th, but in the interview, Gidey's father said that in addition to the Thunder's Presti, no team manager assured them that they would choose Gidey.
At first, Presti did not know Gidy, he was in a hotel quarantine, accidentally through the game video to know Gidy, and then 4 days later, Presti sat in front of the computer, carefully studied Gidy's way of playing, and firmly believed that this child will have all the achievements in the NBA in the future, the fact is as Presti expected, only 114 days after landing in the NBA, Gidy has constantly set various records, showing a very high ceiling of ability, fully promising to image Durant, Wei Shao and other MVP stars.
As of now, Gidy is averaging 12.5 points, 7.8 rebounds, 6.4 assists, 0.94 steals, and 0.37 blocks per game, shooting 41.9 percent from the field and 26.3 percent from three-point range.
His advantages are: tall, excellent passing vision, although it seems that many of Gidy's actions, including passing, are like slow down, but in fact, his rhythm is very stable, the assist ability is very strong, the assist rate can reach 32.5%, higher than Russell, Lillard, James and other stars;
In addition, Gidy's defense can also be remarkable, although the confrontation is insufficient, but he is active enough, not only to protect the rebounding ability is excellent, but also willing to open his arms to interfere with the opponent, the data shows that under The defense of Gidy, the opponent's shooting rate will drop by 1.0%, of which less than 6 feet, he will make the opponent drop by 4.1%, and outside the three-point line will make the opponent drop by 4.9%;
His disadvantages are: speed and athleticism are not dominant, shooting is not stable enough, resulting in extremely low scoring efficiency, Gidy's layup shooting rate is only 55.7%, jump shooting rate is only 33.6%, as for the three-point shot, it is not even three percent, the true shooting rate is 47.2%, second to the league's 75.9% players, is one of the worst offensive efficiency of the backcourt;
Although the shortcomings are obvious, unlike Ben Simmons, Gidy also has an average production of 1.0 three-pointers per game, and when he takes the ball on the outside, the opponent will at least not give up defense, so on the whole, Gidy's future is still very good.
Highlights: Before the All-Star Game, during Alexander's injury
Although Gidy's performance has been excellent throughout the season, the real conquest of Thunder fans, recognized by the outside world is in the 11 games after Alexander's injury, he not only bravely stood up when he needed to take on more usage, as well as responsibility, but also handed over a near-perfect answer, averaging 16.4 points, 9.1 rebounds, 7.3 assists per game, and the true shooting rate also increased from the original 46.3% to 52.4%, and the most important thing is that in Gidy's organization, The Thunder turned out to be a winning team.
When he was on the floor, the Thunder were able to beat their opponents by 0.1 points per 100 possessions, which was undoubtedly a huge encouragement for a team that had only been rebuilding for more than a year.
Record: Entered the third month of the NBA, breaking the record of two double-doubles in team history; entering the fourth month of the NBA, breaking the record of the youngest triple-double in NBA history
At the end of January, in the game against the Trail Blazers, Gidy scored 14 points and 12 assists, which was his 11th double-double of the season, breaking the rookie record in team history held by Wei Shao;
On the eve of the All-Star Game, Gidey won 3 triple-doubles in 5 consecutive days, becoming the youngest triple-double player in NBA history at the age of 19 years and 126 days, and at the same time, the second and third records were also won by Gidey;
You read that right, Gidy is not yet 20 years old, but he has become a triple-double machine, but also a machine with shooting potential, a Gidy, an Alexander, if the Thunder maintain the current ranking, they will also get a very talented genius this summer, is this plot familiar? It seems that it will not be long before the blue storm will sweep through the whole league again.