Chicago's decision to trade for Josh Giddey has been labeled as a mistake, but a year later, the deal that sent Alex Caruso to the Oklahoma City Thunder is a win for the Bulls.
From afar, it seems like the Thunder fleeced Chicago. All Oklahoma City gave up for one of the best defenders in the league was a player who had been phased out of head coach Mark Daigneault's rotation. Giddey and the Thunder were mutually parting anyway. The Bulls could have at least extracted a pick or two, right? True.
But after last season, it's become apparent that vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas and Chicago's much-maligned front office had a plan to rebuild its team on the fly, and Giddey was the ideal point guard to execute it.