{"id":295125,"date":"2023-11-26T02:24:33","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T02:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=295125"},"modified":"2023-11-26T02:24:33","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T02:24:33","slug":"giddey-plays-for-thunder-despite-claims-of-relationship-with-minor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/nba\/giddey-plays-for-thunder-despite-claims-of-relationship-with-minor\/","title":{"rendered":"Giddey PLAYS for Thunder despite claims of relationship with minor"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Josh Giddey STARTS for the Thunder against the 76ers as Oklahoma City guard receives huge ovation despite the NBA&#8217;s investigation into claims he had an inappropriate relationship with a minor<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Giddey is under investigation after photos of him with a girl surfaced online<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>But the 21-year-old still lined up against Philadelphia despite the allegations<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Josh Giddey lined up for Oklahoma City Thunder\u00a0against the Philadelphia 76ers\u00a0despite allegations that he had an inappropriate relationship with a minor currently being investigated.<\/p>\n<p>The NBA has launched an investigation into claims that\u00a0Oklahoma\u00a0City&#8217;s rising star had an inappropriate relationship with a minor after photos of him with a girl &#8211; including one where she boasted about having sex with him &#8211; were recently posted on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Yet despite the allegations being made against him, Giddey is free to play for the Thunder against the Sixers in Oklahoma on Saturday night, meaning he has returned to the court for the first time since the photos surfaced online.<\/p>\n<p>Coach\u00a0Mark Daigneault confirmed before the game: &#8216;[He is] available to play, will play. No changes from a basketball standpoint. So I have no comment on anything else.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Giddey was subsequently named amongst the starters for the Thunder against the Sixers at Paycom Center &#8211; and he received a loud ovation when introduced to the home crowd amid the ongoing investigation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/25\/22\/78236801-12791081-image-a-24_1700952774359.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Josh Giddey started for Oklahoma City Thunder against the Philadelphia 76ers despite allegations that he had an inappropriate relationship with a minor<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/25\/22\/78236799-12791081-image-a-29_1700952812375.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Thunder guard received a huge ovation as he lined up against the Sixers on Saturday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/25\/21\/78218185-12791081-image-a-8_1700947393737.jpg\" height=\"452\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The NBA has launched an investigation into claims Giddey had an inappropriate relationship with a minor after photos of him with a girl were recently posted on social media\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/25\/21\/78217593-12791081-image-a-17_1700948072887.jpg\" height=\"1093\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>One of the pictures shows Giddey with his arm around her body and is captioned &#8216;he says hey&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>In one of the images posted online, the girl is seen to be bragging about having sex with Giddey, who has become one of the Thunder&#8217;s key players since he selected by with the sixth overall pick in the 2021 NBA draft.<\/p>\n<p>The picture &#8211; in which a shirtless Giddey is stood behind her &#8211; is captioned &#8216;just f***ed josh giddey&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another shows the Australian player with his arm around her body and is captioned &#8216;he says hey&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>There is also a video of Giddey supposedly talking to the girl&#8217;s brother, in which he says: &#8216;I&#8217;m here with your beautiful sister.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Good luck for your season. I hear you&#8217;re going to Sacramento soon for a game so best of luck. We&#8217;re going to come up and watch you take care of business.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>In another video, where she appears to be stood in the background outside a nightclub, Giddey says: &#8216;What&#8217;s up my man? We&#8217;re at the front of the club, me and my girl, about to head back to mine.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>It remains unclear both when and where the pictures and videos were taken and how old the girl actually is.<\/p>\n<p>Giddey faced the media for the first time on Friday since the investigation was launched, with the Oklahoma City star stepping up for interviews with reporters after practice.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/25\/21\/78218903-12791081-Giddey_was_twice_asked_about_the_allegations_but_batted_away_the-a-15_1700947876118.jpg\" height=\"526\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/25\/21\/78218899-12791081-He_said_I_get_the_question_guys_but_just_right_now_I_don_t_have_-a-16_1700947876122.jpg\" height=\"526\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>The Thunder star was asked about the allegations after practice on Friday but batted away the questions and refused comment<\/p>\n<p>He was immediately asked about the allegations made against him, with a reporter noting: &#8216;Josh, you went viral over the past couple of days over some pretty serious allegations. I know nothing is concrete there, but is there anything you can say as to that situation?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>In response, he said: &#8216;Yeah, I mean I understand the question obviously, but, err, there&#8217;s no further comment right now.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>One reporter then posed a question about the team&#8217;s defense, before a third reporter returned to the serious allegations and asked a follow-up.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Giddey then replied: &#8216;I get the question guys, I completely understand you guys want to know about it but just right now I don&#8217;t have anything to say.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/nba\/article-12791081\/Josh-Giddey-Oklahoma-City-Thunder-NBA-investigation-minor.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Josh Giddey STARTS for the Thunder against the 76ers as Oklahoma City guard receives huge ovation despite the NBA&#8217;s investigation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295124,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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