After a year's worth of negotiations, the Chicago Bulls reached an agreement with restricted free agent point guard Josh Giddey on a four-year, $100 million contract earlier this month, a rare wise decision by a much-maligned front office. If they choose to, the Bulls can splurge in free agency again next summer, but wheeling and dealing on the trade market during the 2025-26 campaign would mark a second wise decision in as many offseasons.
Chicago executive VP of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas will have a massive amount of cap space to work with next year -- the most of any team in the NBA, in fact.