Chicago Bulls guard Josh Giddey understood he’d get requested in regards to the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder, as he geared as much as play his former group. Giddey additionally provided nothing however reward for the Thunder group.
“Whenever you play your former group, you clearly circle it in your calendar. However you’ll by no means, ever hear me say a nasty phrase about that group. High to backside, unbelievable folks. I’m wanting ahead to seeing all of them. I really like that group,” Giddey mentioned.
Oklahoma Metropolis heart Chet Holmgren mentioned he and the remainder of the Thunder have been wanting ahead to seeing their former teammate.
“I feel you will get wrapped up within the enterprise of what that is,” Holmgren mentioned, “as a result of it’s a enterprise, and it’s a particularly severe enterprise. However you’ll be able to’t lose sight of the relationships that you simply construct with guys you recognize alongside the best way. I don’t assume anyone’s ever performed with the identical 15, 17 folks their total profession. That’s how the league works. Individuals and groups must do what’s greatest for them enterprise sensible. And you may’t maintain that towards anyone. Whenever you get to go on the market and hoop towards guys that you recognize and you actually like, you get pleasure from all of it the identical.”