{"id":18287,"date":"2025-07-24T10:23:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T10:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/18287\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T10:23:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T10:23:08","slug":"josh-giddey-receives-high-praise-from-bulls-front-office-amid-contract-standoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/18287\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Giddey receives high praise from Bulls’ Front Office amid contract standoff"},"content":{"rendered":"

Besides an unbeknownst forthcoming trade, the Chicago Bulls have only one remaining box to check on their offseason to-do list. Next to the proverbial box reads, “Re-sign Josh Giddey to a long-term contract, but don’t overpay.”<\/p>\n

Chicago would of course love to retain Giddey. He’s still only 22 years old, somehow younger than 14 rookies. Moreover, the Bulls shipped out two-time All-NBA Defensive selection Alex Caruso to land the former sixth overall pick. Lastly, Giddey exceeded expectations upon arriving in Chicago, including a terrific post-All-Star break stretch.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, the Bulls are playing hardball with Giddey, something they didn’t do a season ago<\/a> with Patrick Williams. Since the 6-foot-8 floor general is a restricted free agent, he has two options: sign a one-year, $11.1 million qualifying offer, or come to terms with the Bulls on a long-term agreement. The Bulls reportedly prefer the latter.<\/p>\n

All signs point to Josh Giddey signing a long-term contract<\/p>\n

Spotrac’s Keith Smith’s summer league expos\u00e9<\/a> revealed several interesting tidbits, including a quote from a Bulls’ executive expounding upon Giddey’s restricted free agency. <\/p>\n

A Chicago executive lamented, \u201cWe want to get a deal done with Josh. He\u2019s as important of a player as we have. We see him as a foundational player for us. I hope we can find a deal that makes sense for us and him and that we\u2019ll be together for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Queue the collective sighs of relief. Although there’s nothing imminent, it’s reassuring to hear the Bulls’ brass are intent on signing the 22-year-old guard to a long-term pact. Giddey proved his worth in his lone season in the Windy City, and despite a resurgent second-half, it’s fair to say Giddey has yet to scrape his sky-high ceiling.<\/p>\n

Hearing a Bulls’ executive’s preference to re-sign Giddey isn’t even the most notable part of the aforementioned four-sentence quote. Chicago wouldn’t have traded for the Australian guard if he weren’t a part of their future.<\/p>\n

Proclaiming Giddey as an “important of a player as we have” and a “foundational player” is most noteworthy. Sure, a coach, executive, scout, video coordinator, trainer, etc., won’t ever be caught saying a player isn’t important, but declaring Giddey as foundational holds some weight.<\/p>\n

If the rest of the Bulls’ Front Office feels this way, expect the 22-year-old to sign a long-term deal this summer. Even if it’s not for the $30 million annually he’s seeking, a five-year pact in the $130-140 million ballpark feels plausible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Besides an unbeknownst forthcoming trade, the Chicago Bulls have only one remaining box to check on their offseason…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18288,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-18287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}