Thunder rookie Josh Giddey becomes youngest player in NBA history to record a triple-double

The Oklahoma City Thunder may have lost, but one of their biggest prospects made NBA history.

Thunder rookie Josh Giddey posted 17 points on 7-of-16 shooting, 14 assists and 13 rebounds in 36 minutes during the team’s 95-86 loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday. The significance of that? It means that at 19 years and 84 days old, he is now the youngest player in league history to record a triple-double.

“It’s cool. As I said earlier in the year, the individual stats are good, you enjoy it for the night…But as I said, a win is always better than individual stats for me. If I have 0-0-0 and we win, I’m more happy than if I have a triple-double and we lose” said Giddey.

“It’s always been that way for me. Always will be. But yeah, it’s a cool milestone.”

The Australia native, who was selected seventh overall in the 2021 NBA Draft, has averaged 11.0 points, 7.3 rebounds and 6.4 assists in 31 games this season.