Josh Giddey joins franchise legends in first season with Bulls

A sea change from OKC stint

Giddey had only 11 20-point games in his entire 2023-24 campaign with the Thunder, where he was sparingly used as an offensive weapon.

In Chicago, Giddey has, on many nights, emerged as the No. 1 scoring option. Since the All-Star break, he's averaging 21.2 points, 10.7 rebounds and 9.3 assists on staggering shooting splits of 50/46/81. 

Those superstar-esque numbers starkly contrast with his first few months with the Bulls. Giddey averaged 10.6 points in December while shooting a paltry 29 percent from three. However, head coach Billy Donovan has unleashed him over the past few months, leading to Giddey finding his mojo and role on the team with each passing game. 

As Giddey continues to grow in confidence, the Bulls have good reason to feel optimistic about their future. In Giddey, Coby White and Matas Buzelis, they may have found their building blocks of the future.

The young and hungry Bulls will be a handful in next week's play-in tourney, where they battle the Hawks, Magic and Heat for the final two playoff berths.