At simply 22 years of age, new Bulls guard Josh Giddey has been topic to sufficient on-line criticism to final a lifetime.
The previous OKC participant received himself into sizzling water after allegations of him having a relationship with a minor surfaced in late 2023.
Nonetheless, he was cleared of any wrongdoing by the NBA and the Police.
However, the net taunting hasn’t let up.
The Bulls posted one thing as harmless as a Blissful Birthday put up for Giddey this week, and the put up received over 47K reactions and hundreds of feedback, a variety of them had been unfavorable and a few even tried to correlate Giddey and disgraced rapper P Diddy.
Giddey himself additionally commented on the put up, and stated, “Thank u 💖. Rattling… these feedback 😟.”
The Chicago guard received tremendous candid about what he sees on-line and admits how exhausting it’s typically.
“I see the whole lot, and it’s exhausting, as a result of we’re individuals first,” Giddey stated, by way of AllChgo. “Clearly we’re athletes, and we’ve received a giant platform, and we’re seen by hundreds of thousands and other people around the globe. But it surely clearly hurts to see that stuff. However on the identical time, you’ve received to have a look at it from a unique perspective: you’re residing out your dream, you’re within the NBA. You shouldn’t let on-line stuff and feedback like that hassle you an excessive amount of. However as simpler stated than executed, as a result of we learn it and we see it, and lots of people will see 99 nice issues, however you keep in mind the one dangerous factor you see.”
This isn’t the primary time Giddey has spoken up in regards to the exhausting instances.
Throughout his end-of-season interview with the Thunder in Could, Giddey shared that “there have been days if you don’t really feel like getting off the bed.”
Little doubt he’s trying to put all of that behind him and have an important first yr with a promising younger Bulls group.
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