{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1991)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Josh Huestis | image = Josh Huestis OKC Blues.JPG | image_size = | caption = Huestis with the Oklahoma City Blue in 2016 | position = Small forward / power forward | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 7 | weight_lb = 230 | league = | team = | number = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1991|12|19}} | birth_place = Webster, Texas, U.S. | high_school = C. M. Russell (Great Falls, Montana) | college = Stanford (2010–2014) | draft_year = 2014 | draft_round = 1 | draft_pick = 29 | draft_team = Oklahoma City Thunder | career_start = 2014 | career_end = 2022 | years1 = 2014–2015 | team1 = Oklahoma City Blue | years2 = {{nbay|2015|start}}–{{nbay|2017|end}} | team2 = Oklahoma City Thunder | years3 = 2015–2017 | team3 = →Oklahoma City Blue | years4 = 2018–2019 | team4 = Austin Spurs | years5 = 2019–2020 | team5 = Bayern Munich | years6 = 2021 | team6 = Rio Grande Valley Vipers | years7 = 2021–2022 | team7 = Cleveland Charge | highlights = *2× Pac-12 All-Defensive Team (2013, 2014) }}
'''Joshua Sutton Huestis''' (born December 19, 1991) is an American former professional basketball player who played for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Stanford University.
==Early life== Considered a three-star recruit by ESPN.com, Huestis was listed as the No. 48 power forward in the nation in 2010.<ref>{{cite news|title=Josh Huestis Recruiting Profile|url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/88510/josh-huestis|work=ESPN.com|date=November 13, 2015}}</ref> Huestis attended Charles M. Russell High School in Great Falls, MT.
==College career== Huestis spent four seasons at Stanford and averaged 7.5 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.4 blocks in 135 career games. During both his junior and senior seasons, Huestis was named to the Pac-12 Defensive Team and at the conclusion of his sophomore season, he received Pac-12 Defensive Team Honorable Mention honors. Huestis was 2014 Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}} In 2013–14, Huestis scored in double-figures on 19 occasions while leading Stanford in rebounding (8.2 rpg) and blocks (1.9 bpg). He concluded his collegiate career as the all-time leading shot blocker in Cardinal history.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.gostanford.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30600&ATCLID=208169740 | title=#24 Josh Huestis | work=GoStanford.com | access-date=July 26, 2014 | archive-date=March 4, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100030/http://www.gostanford.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30600&ATCLID=208169740 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Professional career==
===Oklahoma City Blue (2014–2015)=== On June 26, 2014, Huestis was selected with the 29th overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft by the Oklahoma City Thunder.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/thunder/news/release_draft_140626|title=Thunder Acquires Mitch McGary, Josh Huestis and Draft Rights to Semaj Christon in the 2014 Draft|work=NBA.com|date=June 27, 2014|access-date=July 26, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/thunder/2014draft_huestis_140702|title=Thunder Gets Diligent Worker in Huestis|work=NBA.com|date=July 2, 2014|access-date=July 26, 2014}}</ref> He later joined the Thunder for the 2014 NBA Summer League.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/thunder/basketballnews/release_summer_league_2014|title=Thunder Announces Summer League Roster|work=NBA.com|date=July 5, 2014|access-date=July 26, 2014}}</ref> On November 4, 2014, he was acquired by the Oklahoma City Blue of the NBA Development League.<ref>{{cite news|title=Oklahoma City Blue Announces Training Camp Roster|url=http://www.nba.com/dleague/oklahomacity/training_camp_141104.html|access-date=November 4, 2014|work=NBA.com|date=November 4, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106170010/http://www.nba.com/dleague/oklahomacity/training_camp_141104.html|archive-date=November 6, 2014}}</ref> On November 14, he made his professional debut in a 111–105 loss to the Maine Red Claws, recording 10 points, nine rebounds and two assists in 37 minutes.<ref>{{cite news|title=Babb, Taylor Spoil Christon's Oklahoma City Debut|url=http://dleague.nba.com/games/20141114/MNEOKL/|date=November 14, 2015|work=NBA.com|access-date=March 25, 2016}}</ref> In 46 games for the Blue in 2014–15, he averaged 10.2 points, 5.6 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 1.5 blocks per game.<ref>{{cite news|title=Josh Huestis D-League Stats|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/dleague/players/h/huestjo01d.html|work=Basketball-Reference.com|date=November 13, 2015}}</ref> He would not play a single game for the Thunder that season.
===Oklahoma City Thunder (2015–2018)=== On July 30, 2015, Huestis signed with the Thunder.<ref>{{cite news|title=Thunder Signs Josh Huestis|url=http://www.nba.com/thunder/news/pressrelease_huestis_150730|access-date=July 30, 2015|work=NBA.com|date=July 30, 2015}}</ref> On March 24, 2016, he made his NBA debut in a 113–91 win over the Utah Jazz, recording three points in five minutes off the bench.<ref>{{cite news|title=Durant's 20 points lead Thunder past Jazz 113–91|url=http://www.nba.com/games/20160324/UTAOKC/gameinfo.html|date=March 25, 2016|work=NBA.com|access-date=March 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324201426/http://www.nba.com/games/20160324/UTAOKC/gameinfo.html|archive-date=March 24, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> On April 16, Huestis made his debut in the playoffs, recording one rebound in eight minutes off the bench in a Game 1 victory over the Dallas Mavericks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/games/20160416/DALOKC/gameinfo.html|title=Westbrook, Durant lead Thunder past Mavericks in Game 1|date=April 16, 2016|access-date=April 16, 2016|work=NBA.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420051641/http://www.nba.com/games/20160416/DALOKC/gameinfo.html|archive-date=April 20, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
During his rookie and sophomore seasons, Huestis received multiple assignments to the Oklahoma City Blue. He was one of the first domestic draft-and-stash prospects, playing for the Blue instead of heading overseas to develop. Huestis saw a vast increase in his minutes during the 2017–18 season, playing in 69 games and becoming a regular part of the player rotation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dleague.nba.com/all-time-nba-assignments/|title=All-Time NBA Assignments|work=NBA.com|access-date=December 6, 2016|archive-date=March 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322122733/http://dleague.nba.com/all-time-nba-assignments/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://dleague.nba.com/assignments/|title=2016–17 NBA Assignments|work=NBA.com|access-date=December 5, 2016|archive-date=January 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126075350/http://dleague.nba.com/assignments/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===Austin Spurs (2018–2019)=== On October 9, 2018, Huestis signed with the San Antonio Spurs,<ref>{{cite news|title=SPURS SIGN JOSH HUESTIS|url=https://www.nba.com/spurs/news/spurs-sign-josh-huestis|access-date=October 9, 2018|work=NBA.com|date=October 9, 2018}}</ref> but was later waived by the Spurs on October 11.<ref>{{cite news|title=SPURS WAIVE JOSH HUESTIS|url=https://www.nba.com/spurs/news/spurs-waive-josh-huestis|access-date=October 11, 2018|work=NBA.com|date=October 11, 2018}}</ref> Later Huestis was reported to have signed with their G League affiliate the Austin Spurs on October 17.<ref>{{cite news |title=Josh Huestis: Heads to G League |url=https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/basketball/news/josh-huestis-heads-to-g-league/ |access-date=October 18, 2018 |work=CBS Sports |date=October 18, 2018}}</ref> On October 22, Huestis was included in Austin's training camp roster,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://austin.gleague.nba.com/news/austin-spurs-announce-2018-training-camp-roster/|title=Austin Spurs Announce 2018 Training Camp Roster|work=NBA.com|date=October 22, 2018|access-date=October 22, 2018|archive-date=October 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023120939/https://austin.gleague.nba.com/news/austin-spurs-announce-2018-training-camp-roster/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and on October 31, Huestis was included in Austin's opening night roster.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://austin.gleague.nba.com/news/austin-spurs-announce-2018-19-opening-night-roster/|title=Austin Spurs Announce 2018–19 Opening Night Roster|work=NBA.com|date=October 31, 2018|access-date=October 31, 2018|archive-date=November 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104085757/https://austin.gleague.nba.com/news/austin-spurs-announce-2018-19-opening-night-roster/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
On December 31, 2019, the Rio Grande Valley Vipers acquired the returning right to Huestis from the Austin Spurs for Ángel Rodríguez.<ref>{{cite web|title=VIPERS MAKE ROSTER MOVES|url=https://riograndevalley.gleague.nba.com/news/vipers-make-roster-moves|date=December 31, 2019|website=NBA.com|access-date=December 31, 2019|archive-date=January 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102025228/https://riograndevalley.gleague.nba.com/news/vipers-make-roster-moves/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===Bayern Munich (2019–2020)=== On July 24, 2019, Bayern Munich announced the addition of Huestis.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bayern tabs forward Huestis|url=https://www.euroleague.net/news/i/9tlrf4w4wnx48jj9/bayern-tabs-forward-huestis|date=July 24, 2019|website=euroleague.net|access-date=July 24, 2019}}</ref> On March 10, 2020, Bayern Munich parted ways with Huestis.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fcbayern.com/basketball/de/news/2019-20/03/danke-josh-huestis|title=US-Forward Huestis verlässt die Bayern-Basketballe|language=DE|date=March 10, 2020|website=fcbayern.com|access-date=March 10, 2020}}</ref>
===Cleveland Charge (2021–2022)=== On October 23, 2021, Huestis signed with the Cleveland Charge.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cleveland Charge 2021–22 Training Camp Roster|url=https://canton.gleague.nba.com/news/cleveland-charge-2021-22-training-camp-roster/|website=NBA.com|date=October 23, 2021|access-date=October 24, 2021}}</ref>
==NBA career statistics== {{NBA player statistics legend}}
===Regular season=== {{NBA player statistics start}} |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2015}} | style="text-align:left;"| Oklahoma City | 5 || 0 || 11.0 || .417 || '''.667''' || .000 || 2.0 || .0 || '''.2''' || .4 || 2.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2016}} | style="text-align:left;"| Oklahoma City | 2 || 0 || '''15.5''' || '''.545''' || .500 || .000 || '''4.5''' || '''1.5''' || .0 || '''1.5''' || '''7.0''' |- | style="text-align:left;"| {{nbay|2017}} | style="text-align:left;"| Oklahoma City | '''69''' || '''10''' || 14.2 || .330 || .287 || '''.300''' || 2.3 || .3 || '''.2''' || .6 || 2.3 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 76 || 10 || 14.1 || .346 || .312 || .240 || 2.4 || 0.3 || 0.2 || 0.6 || 2.5 {{S-end}}
===Playoffs=== {{NBA player statistics start}} |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2016 | style="text-align:left;"| Oklahoma City | 2 || 0 || '''5.1''' || .333 || '''.500''' || .000 || '''1.5''' || .0 || .0 || .0 || '''1.5''' |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2018 | style="text-align:left;"| Oklahoma City | '''4''' || 0 || 4.8 || '''.500''' || .000 || '''.500''' || .8 || .0 || '''.3''' || '''.3''' || .8 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career | 6 || 0 || 4.9 || .400 || .500 || .500 || 1.0 || .0 || .2 || .2 || 1.0 {{S-end}}
==Personal life== Huestis has worked on an online blog, ''Through the Lens''. He has discussed dealing with depression and existential crises.
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == {{Commons}} {{basketballstats|nba=josh_huestis|bbr=h/huestjo01}} *[http://www.gostanford.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30600&ATCLID=208169740 Stanford Cardinal bio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100030/http://www.gostanford.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30600&ATCLID=208169740 |date=March 4, 2016 }}
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