Usually, press conferences with the Oklahoma City Thunder this season are pretty diplomatic and uneventful in terms of content. Which is a good thing for the team as it goes to show that the team is on the same page and everybody is clicking with each other. Now while nothing crazy was said, Thursday’s postgame presser following a loss to the Phoenix Suns was probably the most eventful presser of the season.
Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault started things off by confirming that Shai Gilgeous-Alexander will play more off-ball the rest of the season with Josh Giddey on the floor. During Gilgeous-Alexander’s 10-game absence, Giddey played his best stretch of basketball this season as he averaged 16.2 points, 7.5 assists and nine rebounds.
“I’m not gonna guarantee a number of possessions, but yeah, (Giddey’s) gonna (play more on-ball with SGA),” said Daigneault. “He’s a really good player, and to be a great team, you have to have multiple really good players working together.”
