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The Chicago Bulls have traded two-time NBA All-Defensive Team guard Alex Caruso to the Oklahoma City Thunder for guard Josh Giddey, the teams announced Friday.
The trade delivers the Thunder one of the league’s most coveted role players, a 30-year-old guard general manager Sam Presti has long pursued for the Western Conference’s No. 1 seed this past postseason.
Point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was the MVP runner-up this past season, and there is an expectation that the franchise wants to give 7-footer Chet Holmgren even more playmaking duties.
Presti said in a statement that the Thunder had planned to bring Giddey off the bench next season, an idea the guard found “hard for him to envision.”
“Conversations turned to him inquiring about potential opportunities elsewhere,” Presti said.
“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 not be optimal for the collective.
Based on these discussions we decided to move forward and prioritize what was best for the organization.”
Giddey was the No. 6 pick in the 2021 NBA draft and developed into one of the league’s most creative young playmakers.
The Bulls will offer him an opportunity to have the ball in his hands and more freedom to pass and score. They needed an engine for their offense, and they land that with Giddey.
