Police won’t press charges against Thunder’s Giddey
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma City’s Josh Giddey will not face charges related to an accusation that he had an improper relationship with an underage girl, police in Newport Beach, California, said Wednesday when announcing that it had closed its probe of the Thunder guard.
In a statement, the department said its investigation was complete and detectives were “unable to corroborate any criminal activity.”
In a since-deleted post, an anonymous social media user said in November a girl who is seen with the Australian in videos and photographs was a high school junior at the time. Giddey turned 21 in October.
Giddey is not entirely in the clear. The NBA also is investigating, and spokesman Michael Bass said Wednesday that the league is aware of the findings in the police investigation and is “continuing our review” of the matter.
Giddey has not commented on the issue, and the Thunder did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Wednesday.
Giddey has played throughout the investigations. He largely has been cheered at home and jeered throughout road games. He is averaging 11.8 points, 6.1 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game for an
Oklahoma City team that is off to a 27-13 start.
Mavs-warriors game postponed
Dallas’ game at Golden State scheduled for Friday night has been postponed following the death of Warriors assistant coach Dejan Milojevic, the NBA announced Thursday.
The date for the rescheduled game will be announced later.
Milojevic died Wednesday in Utah after suffering a heart attack.
Wednesday’s highlights
Anthony Edwards had 27 points and eight assists to lead the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves to a 124-117 win against the Detroit Pistons. … Anthony Davis finished an assist shy of a 28-point tripledouble and D’angelo Russell scored 29 points as the host Los Angeles Lakers overcame a triple-double by Luka Doncic to beat the Dallas Mavericks 127-110. … Julius Randle scored 31 points and Jalen Brunson added 30 in his return from a two-game absence as the New York Knicks beat the visiting Houston Rockets 109-94. … Donovan Mitchell had 31 points as the host Cleveland Cavaliers took advantage of Giannis Antetokounmpo’s absence to extend their winning streak to six games by beating the Milwaukee Bucks 135-95.