After signing a four-year, $100 million fully guaranteed contract in the summer, Josh Giddey seems like — at least for the time being — he is now the guy in Chicago.
Although that may not mean the same thing in Chi-Town as it would at any other NBA team.
Because while Giddey may be earning more than any of his other Bulls teammates, you only have to look around in the Eastern Conference to quickly learn that four years and $100 million wouldn’t make him on any of the top contenders.
In fact, as The Athletic’s John Hollinger pointed out in a column last month , Giddey’s deal would make him the sixth-highest paid player on the 2026-27 Cleveland Cavaliers or fight-highest paid on this year’s Miami Heat, Toronto Raptors, New York Knicks or Minnesota Timberwolves.
This isn’t to say that j