For the first NBA trade of the offseason, the Thunder sent Josh Giddey to the Bulls in exchange for Bulls defensive big man Caruso. The outside world now agrees that the Thunder are the profiteering side of this deal, because Giddey's performance last season has declined significantly compared to his rookie season, especially in the playoffs, averaging only 8.7 points, 3.6 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game, while Caruso was selected to the NBA Defensive Second Team of the Year for his excellent outside defense and his all-round performance of 10.1 points, 3.3 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game.
Caruso
Maybe with the current strength, Caruso's strength and instant combat power are indeed above Giddey, and the purpose of the Thunder's deal is to win at the moment, and the 30-year-old Caruso who came to the trade is to prepare for the championship in the past two years! But have you ever thought about a result, that is, the Thunder's strength will decline next season after trading to Caruso! It's no longer the No. 1 in the West and hasn't won the championship in 2-3 seasons, so who will win this deal?
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The most important thing is that Giddey is currently performing very well in the international arena, with 20 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists in a single game against the strong France team, and the first game of the Olympic competition led Australia to a 92-80 victory over the Matadors Spain, Giddey alone has 17 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists.
Gideon
However, some may question that just because you do well in FIBA doesn't mean you can play well in the NBA. And Schroeder, who led Germany to win the World Cup last year, played the instant sense of Harden in the NBA arena in the FIBA arena, but now no team in the NBA wants him, and international killers such as Fournier and Mills have now been reduced to marginal figures in the NBA.
Schroeder
But here, many fans don't see that although they are in the same FIBA arena, the way Giddey contributes to victory on the field is very different from the above players, Mills, Schroder and others are called big killers in the international arena because they have a strong scoring ability. But in terms of organizing the team's attack, their strength is not at the same level as the current Giddey.
Mills
And Giddey went to the Bulls, as the team's key training object, I believe his performance next season will definitely not be worse than his current performance on the international stage! And here, in fact, a large part of Giddey's poor performance on the Thunder team is due to the fact that the team did not use him as a tactical starting point, and the coach did not give him enough playing time.
Fournier