Now that they've made the important move in locking up Josh Giddey for the next four seasons, the Chicago Bulls must decide how best to manage Nikola Vucevic's situation as an aging center on an expiring contract.
The Giddey saga truly started last offseason, as soon as the Bulls front office made the call to swap a premier perimeter defender (and now two-time champion) in Alex Caruso for a then-21-year-old point guard who spent the conclusion of the 2023-24 playoffs glued to the bench in Oklahoma City. Chicago knew Giddey was set to enter restricted free agency, but pulled the trigger on the controversial trade anyway.