Josh Giddey has laughed off his latest snubbing after the Australian teenager was relegated to the NBA All-Rookie second team despite a historic debut season for Oklahoma City.

The guard won four Western Conference rookie-of-the-month awards but was pipped to the first team spot by Houston's Jalen Green, whose only monthly award came when Giddey was injured.

NBA's decision — tweeted by The Athletic's high-profile basketball journalist Shams Charania — drew a pair of crying-laughing emoji faces from Giddey himself in a cheeky response.

The announcement came after Giddey admitted he was disappointed to be overlooked for one of three nominations for the Rookie of the Year award last month.

"I missed a lot of games, which I understand. It is what it is, but I don't want to dig too much into it," Giddey said then.

In January, 19-year-old Giddey became the youngest player to register an NBA triple-double but a hip injury ended his season prematurely with a stat line of 12.5 points, 7.8 rebounds, and 7.6 assists per game.

Alongside Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Giddey gave the Thunder plenty to look forward to during a 24-58 season.

Green (17.3 points, 3.4 rebounds, 2.6 assists), meanwhile, was part of the only team to finish below them in the West, the Rockets, that slumped to a 20-62 campaign.

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However, Green's efforts were still enough to win over the voting media and broadcasters, who were asked to select their five-man rookie first and second teams.

Players received two points for each first team vote and one for each second team vote, with Giddey collecting 24 first-team votes and 74 second team votes for a combined total of 122 votes.

Green (58 first-team votes and 42 second-team votes) won 158 votes, while Eastern Conference trio Scottie Barnes, Cade Cunningham and Evan Mobley (200 votes) were all unanimously awarded 100 first-team votes.

Orlando's Franz Wagner was the other first-team selection, while Herbert Jones, Bones Hyland, Ayo Dosunmu and Chris Duarte joined Giddey in the reserves.