Overview
- Team update: Giddey has a left hamstring strain and will be re-evaluated in two weeks; White has right calf tightness with a one-week re-evaluation; Collins has a right toe sprain with a 10-day re-evaluation.
- Multiple outlets, including ESPN’s Shams Charania, report Giddey is expected to miss at least a few weeks, which projects an absence spanning several games.
- Giddey and White left Monday’s loss to the Timberwolves, 136-101; Giddey had 11 points, four rebounds and three assists in 18 minutes, while White exited in the first quarter.
- Giddey is in a career year at 19.2 points, 9.0 assists and 8.9 rebounds, leading Chicago in all three categories and bolstering a now-complicated All-Star candidacy.
- Coach Billy Donovan pointed to Ayo Dosunmu, Kevin Huerter and Tre Jones—along with Jevon Carter—as primary backcourt options as Chicago navigates a dense early‑January schedule.