Josh Giddey, Australian basketball's next big thing, is set to jump from the NBL to the NBA SatSaturday 13 Josh Giddey has caught the eye of NBA scouts. ( Print text only Cancel Giddey has been earmarked as one of Australia's next basketball superstars. In his debut season in the NBL the 18-year-old has already shown why NBA teams are watching him so closely ahead of this year's draft, and the impressive Melbourne-born teenager could well be heading to the Tokyo Olympics to represent his country in July. There's a lot of hype, but experts and those closest to him say it is justified.