I watched a lot of Josh Giddey with the Thunder last year, but I wanted to give it at least 10 games before I made a fresh evaluation of his fit with the Bulls.
My fear is his counting stats look fine and I genuinely question whether or not AK looks beyond those. If he did, he wouldn't have given Vooch a $60 million extension or swapped Caruso for Giddey in the first place.
If Giddey maintains his current play (or something similar to it) for the remainder of the year, I think AK would give him somewhere in the $20-25 million a year range, which would potentially be the worst contract AK has ever given a player. It would likely handicap the Bulls for years to come.
Unless Giddey significantly improves over the remainder of the season, I'm not sure there's any way to categorize the Caruso/Giddey trade as anything other than a horrible loss by AK and an incredible win by Presti.
Given Giddey's declining role in OKC, Caruso's value on the open market, and the Bulls' guard heavy roster, Chicago's front office failed spectacularly on this dea. How did the Bulls not extract draft capital from the Thunder? I was hoping Donovan's fondness for small line ups could mean Giddey at power forward running the offense. Playing him at guard cuts into Ayo's minutes, plus Giddey can't or wont get his own shot.A point guard has to be an offensive threat. Either he starts taking and making more threes, driving and finishing through contact, or he should be traded.
My fear is his counting stats look fine and I genuinely question whether or not AK looks beyond those. If he did, he wouldn't have given Vooch a $60 million extension or swapped Caruso for Giddey in the first place.
If Giddey maintains his current play (or something similar to it) for the remainder of the year, I think AK would give him somewhere in the $20-25 million a year range, which would potentially be the worst contract AK has ever given a player. It would likely handicap the Bulls for years to come.
Unless Giddey significantly improves over the remainder of the season, I'm not sure there's any way to categorize the Caruso/Giddey trade as anything other than a horrible loss by AK and an incredible win by Presti.
Hey man, Josh still giving you Payne vibes? Lol better luck next time
Chicago sports is rough man. Just a Sisyphusean struggle to relevance. Apologies to all players we have pulled into the mud.
Given Giddey's declining role in OKC, Caruso's value on the open market, and the Bulls' guard heavy roster, Chicago's front office failed spectacularly on this dea. How did the Bulls not extract draft capital from the Thunder? I was hoping Donovan's fondness for small line ups could mean Giddey at power forward running the offense. Playing him at guard cuts into Ayo's minutes, plus Giddey can't or wont get his own shot.A point guard has to be an offensive threat. Either he starts taking and making more threes, driving and finishing through contact, or he should be traded.