Bulls remain active after finalizing Josh Giddey trade

Bulls remain active after finalizing Josh Giddey trade originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago

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Thursday’s feeling of “what’s next?” for the Chicago Bulls only intensified Friday morning when the Bulls and Oklahoma City Thunder separately made the Alex Caruso-for-Josh Giddey trade official with news releases.

While Bulls executive vice president Artūras Karnišovas opted for his preferred mode of silence with no quotes added to his team’s release, Thunder executive vice president and general manager Sam Presti provided strong and specific detail into Giddey’s mindset.

“When we drafted Josh in 2021, he was an essential aspect of our vision for the next iteration of the Thunder,” Presti said in his statement. “Since then, our team has evolved rapidly and dynamically in ways we could never have anticipated. Therefore, as we began our internal discussions this off-season, it was determined that bringing Josh off the bench next season was our best option to maximize his many talents and deploy our team more efficiently over 48 minutes.

“As we laid out to Josh how he could lean into his strengths and ultimately optimize our current roster and talent, it was hard for him to envision, and conversations turned to him inquiring about potential opportunities elsewhere. As always was the case, Josh demonstrated the utmost professionalism throughout the discussions. Josh has All-Star potential, but accessing that in the current construct of the Thunder would be not be optimal for the collective. Based on these discussions, we decided to move forward and prioritize what was best for the organization.”

Karnišovas is scheduled to speak following the first round of the NBA Draft on Wednesday. He’ll then be asked about the obvious conclusion from Presti’s remarks: Is Giddey the starting point guard? And what does that mean for Lonzo Ball’s comeback attempt?

Heck, by that time, Karnišovas might even provide more answers in the way of action. That’s how “all over the place” he is, as detailed in this piece Thursday posted hours before the Caruso trade.

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Publish date : 2024-06-21 15:42:17

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