When the Chicago Bulls acquired Josh Giddey, the front office began the process of diverging from a path that led to polarizing results. Rather than going all-in on pure scorers and 3-and-D prototypes who had yet to yield results, Chicago went the way of a well-rounded perimeter player.
Unfortunately, just one year later, Giddey is a restricted free agent who remains unsigned in August—a troubling truth that simultaneously reveals what the Bulls have learned from past mistakes.
In an ideal world, Chicago would keep its moving pieces in one place and build its future around the core it's assembled.