Overview
- ESPN’s Bobby Marks reports Chicago has increased its offer to four years, $88 million, with other outlets citing a range of $85–90 million viewed as a likely final push for now.
- Giddey’s camp has held firm near $30 million per year, leaving a sizable valuation gap after a summer of incremental Bulls increases.
- Chicago has not pursued sign-and-trade talks and retains matching rights in a market where few teams have cap space to present a competing offer sheet.
- If Giddey accepts the $11.1 million qualifying offer by the Oct. 1 deadline, he would play 2025–26 on that deal and reach unrestricted free agency in 2026.
- At roughly $22 million annually, the current offer would place Giddey toward the lower end of starting point guard salaries, though some analysts suggest a compromise in the mid-$20 million range could resolve the impasse.