According to the latest media reports, Giddey rejected the Bulls' four-year $80 million contract, insisted on asking for a four-year contract close to the maximum salary, and said that he was not very willing to renew the Bulls! The Bulls are stupid, Giddey is the Bulls used their own team's defensive gate Caruso in exchange, and then if other teams offer Giddey a contract with the highest salary, and the Bulls can't choose to match, then the Bulls will lose a lot! It's the equivalent of exchanging Caruso for a cloud of air!
Caruso and Giddey
For Giddey, he was originally traded by the Thunder because the Thunder was only willing to give him a four-year, $60 million contract, but he only averaged 12.5 points, 6.4 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game in the regular season this season, and insisted on asking the Thunder for a four-year contract with a maximum salary of 160 million yuan on the basis of his three-point shooting rate of less than 30%. In addition, he was not reused by the head coach in the playoffs, and even expressed his dissatisfaction with head coach Daigneault to the outside world at one point, so his being traded was also a helpless move for the Thunder!
Thunder head coach Daigneault
For the Bulls, Giddey's refusal to renew his contract is indeed very surprising, because Giddey is an average of 8.7 points, 3.2 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game in the playoffs this season, and is also a point guard who lacks mid-to-long-range shooting. And the Bulls trade Giddey is intended to train him as a star, and Giddey can get more balls in the Bulls, so as to play more beautiful statistics! That's what Giddey wants so badly, too.
Gideon
But in today's free market, because this year is a small year for the draft, there are almost no potential rookies, and Giddey is the No. 6 pick in the league that year, a player with great potential, and it is not ruled out that some teams will offer him a maximum salary and grab him as the core of the team. Especially like this year's Wizards, Trail Blazers and Pistons and other bad teams, they have not obtained strong rookie players for many years, and Giddey's strength and potential are there, if a team offers Giddey a contract with a maximum salary of nearly $40 million, it is really not surprising! In this case, the Bulls will probably have to obediently match the contracts offered by other teams!
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