SALT LAKE CITY โ The Rising Stars media availability was held on Friday morning with members from all four teams speaking with reporters.
This includes Josh Giddey and Jalen Williams, who will share a team together on Joakim Noahโs team.
The Rising Stars challenge will be a four-team tournament held on Friday with a target score of 40 points for the semi-finals and a target score of 25 points for the finals.
The Oklahoma City Thunder duo participated in the event. Letโs take a look at some of the best quotes and paraphrases from their media availabilities and their general thoughts on being involved in All-Star weekend.
Josh Giddey said SGA is โby farโ the drippiest player in the league: โWe got a pretty drippy team ourselves.โ
โ Clemente Almanza (@CAlmanza1007) February 17, 2023
Jalen Williams said heโs excited to be teammates with Josh Giddey in the Rising Stars game
He also said he didnโt watch the Rising Stars draft live and found out afterwards they were on the same team
โ Clemente Almanza (@CAlmanza1007) February 17, 2023
Jalen Williams said his Thunder teammates donโt really play video games outside of 2K and heโs not really good at it: โIโm usually putting my sliders to 99 so I donโt miss a shot.โ
โ Clemente Almanza (@CAlmanza1007) February 17, 2023
When asked whoโd he draft first in the All-Star game, Jalen Williams said SGA
โ Clemente Almanza (@CAlmanza1007) February 17, 2023
Josh Giddey said Jalen Williams was โgreatโ on the flight, and Jdub just put his headphones on and went to sleep
โ Rylan Stiles (@Rylan_Stiles) February 17, 2023
Big news: Josh Giddeyโs first NBA jersey was Yao Ming. His dad gave it to him after a trip to China.
โ Joe Mussatto (@joe_mussatto) February 17, 2023
Josh Giddey on the Thunder having 3 representatives in All-Star weekend:
“Hopefully this is just the beginning. For years to come, we get guys coming to this weekend and it’s definitely exciting for OKC.”
โ Clemente Almanza (@CAlmanza1007) February 17, 2023
Josh Giddey told Jalen Williams that the Rising Stars game is more of a pickup game than an actual NBA game
โ Clemente Almanza (@CAlmanza1007) February 17, 2023
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