Josh Giddey embraces a fresh start as a playmaker with the Chicago Bulls: ‘My job is just to make the game easy for everybody else’

Josh Giddey isn’t shying away from the reality of last season.

He knows he didn’t live up to expectations in Oklahoma City. But after being traded to Chicago in exchange for Alex Caruso last week, Giddey feels positioned to return to his ideal style of play with a new team and a new role on the Bulls roster.

When the Thunder began their rapid ascension to become the best team in the West last season, Giddey was left behind. His role changed, moving off the ball and leaning into new aspects of his game — screening, playing out of the dunker spot, increasing his catch-and-shoot production — which often felt less comfortable than