According to reports, the bulls have a four -year -old offer of 88 million dollars on the table for Josh Giddey, still well below what he is looking for

The Chicago obstacle point is simple: just over a year ago, the Bulls gave Patrick Williams not tried a five -year contract of $ 90 million ($ 18 million per season), based on his potential (the front office really believes in him). So what is a proven marker and a creator of shots like Josh Giddey worthy of them?

About $ 22 million a year, Espn’s Bobby Marks reports.

“When he carries out for Josh Giddey’s situation, who had an exceptional year, surely the last 25 games, four years were offered to him, $ 80 million when the free agency started, that number went to four years, $ 88 million. That number is at the bottom of the starting point here. As where you are with Josh Giddey here.”

The average of $ 22 million a year is well below $ 30 million to a season that Giddey is trying to do. Giddey has not yet accepted the offer of the Bulls, with a deadline of October 1 that looms in the distance for him to collect the qualification offer of one year of 11.1 million dollars, play this season in Chicago and become a free agent next summer (The route has already taken Cam Thomas by Brooklyn). Neither parties want it, which is why in the end a compromise agreement is likely, but the sides are still very distant in the talks.

Giddey believes it should be paid in the Derrick White and Tyler Herro range of about $ 30 million per season. His case is based on how he played after the All-Star break last season, when he scored 21.2 points, 10.7 rebounds and 9.3 assists a game for a team of Bulls who went 17-10 in that stretch. The bulls may not be so convinced by that stretch of play and, in the wider picture, are trying to clean their books and get flexibility. While Giddey knows how to perform his offense, he is not a great defender and has to show his 3-point hot shots after the all-star break last season (45.7%) was not a stroke of luck (he is a 33% career shooter from Deep).

The other question Giddey and his representatives must wonder: the money he wishes to be available next summer? While waiting for there to be up to 10 NBA teams with a remarkable space on the limit, will they want to spend a lot on Giddey? His perception in the championship clubs is that of a good player but not of a team team franchise Contending Cornerstone, more than a player of 82 games than to a player of 16 games. If Giddey were to take the qualified offer, he would have a season to show that his doubtful were wrong in his game.

Most likely, both Giddey and the Bulls will go down to compromise as we approach the training field. Neither sides wants to follow the path of the qualified offer, but the bulls have the whole lever in these talks while Giddey has only the only card to play. The more we get closer to 1 October without an agreement, the more realistic one becomes that option.