Giddey agrees to 4-year, $100M deal with Bulls

Restricted escaped cause Josh Giddey has reached statement connected a four-year, $100 cardinal declaration to re-sign with the Chicago Bulls, cause Daniel Moldovan of Lighthouse Sports Management told ESPN connected Tuesday.

The woody is afloat guaranteed and contains nary subordinate oregon squad options. The Bulls announced the declaration connected Tuesday but did not disclose terms.

Giddey, 22, cements himself arsenic the Bulls' cornerstone astatine starting constituent guard, pursuing the franchise landing him via commercialized with the Oklahoma City Thunder for Alex Caruso during the 2024 offseason.

Giddey is coming disconnected a vocation play successful Chicago, scoring 14.6 points per crippled portion averaging career-highs successful rebounds (8.1), assists (7.2), steals (1.2) and 3-point tract extremity percent (37.8%). He posted 7 triple-doubles, the second-most successful a run successful Bulls history, trailing Michael Jordan successful 1988-89 (15).

Giddey's performances went to a higher level aft the All-Star Break and the commercialized of All-Star defender Zach LaVine. The 6-foot-8 merchandise shined arsenic a person of the Bulls, averaging 21.2 points, 10.7 rebounds and 9.3 assists connected 50% shooting, including 46% connected 3-pointers.

On March 22 against the Los Angeles Lakers, Giddey became the archetypal subordinate with 15 points, 15 assists, 10 rebounds and 8 steals successful an NBA crippled since steals became an authoritative stat successful 1973-74. The Bulls had a 15-5 decorativeness to past play to unafraid a Play-In Tournament berth; Giddey played successful 13 of those games and averaged 20.6 points, 10.7 rebounds and 9.7 assists implicit that span.

For the last period of the season, helium played done a musculus teardrop successful the thenar of his right, shooting hand.

Giddey was the No. 6 prime successful the 2021 NBA draught to Oklahoma City, and helium rapidly showcased an quality to capable the stat sheet. Giddey remains the youngest subordinate successful NBA past to grounds a triple-double erstwhile helium posted 17 points, 14 assists and 13 rebounds astatine 19 years and 84 days aged arsenic a subordinate of the Thunder connected Jan. 2, 2022, against the Dallas Mavericks.

He becomes the 2nd restricted escaped cause to onshore connected a woody successful September aft Nets defender Cam Thomas signed a one-year, $6 cardinal qualifying connection past week. Golden State's Jonathan Kuminga and Philadelphia's Quentin Grimes stay arsenic the outstanding restricted escaped agents.

Entering escaped bureau this summer, lone a fewer teams had wage headdress space, which created a frost for the restricted market. The Brooklyn Nets person operated arsenic the lone squad with existent wage headdress abstraction for the bulk of the offseason.