Data Analysis: How much is Josh Gidey, who is in a contract renewal deadlock with the Chicago Bulls?

Recently, Josh Gidey and the Chicago Bulls' contract renewal negotiations have reached a deadlock. At present, the two sides are like couples who are in the stage of marriage and marriage, and are negotiating for the most critical issue of dowry. Gidey is eager to get a four-year contract with an annual salary of $30 million, while the Bulls are only willing to provide an annual salary of $20 million, and neither side wants to give in. So what if the agreement cannot be reached in the end? Let’s just split it up and find the right one. So recently Gidey has been involved in various trading rumors, especially Ku Mingjia, who is also in a deadlock with the team, has become a popular trading target. Today’s Star Test will bring you the data analysis of Josh Gidey to see how much he is worth.

First, Josh Gidey's agent Daniel Moldova is not strong enough in the NBA. He is an Australian. He obtained an NBA agent license in 2017 and was the first to serve as an agent for Aaron Baynes. Later, he successfully established his reputation through the NBA's Stars program that cooperates with Australia. Currently, his top clients are Josh Gidey and Dyson Daniels, two Australian players, but his influence is mainly concentrated in Australia. More than 20 players in the Australian League are his clients, and he does not have much say in the NBA, which makes Gidey's contract renewal negotiations passive. Gidey's rumor to have scandals with the Warriors is one of Kumingja's problems, and it also has a certain relationship with Moldova. Alex Tuxi, who was selected by the Warriors at the 52nd pick this season, is also a client of Moldova. He has had a lot of contact with the Warriors' management this summer. If the Warriors are really interested in Gidey, Moldova will definitely make every effort to promote this deal.

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But the iron must be strong himself. If a player wants to get a big contract, the most important thing is to have a performance in the performance of his value. Among the 2024-25 100 stars that were finally updated on June 4, Giddy rose from 100 at the beginning of the season to 81. It should be said that he still played a certain reputation after joining the Bulls from the Thunder. The website comments are as follows:

"The passer with a wizard-like talent is fully demonstrating his omnipotence in the way of 'Araho hole' (Harry Potter lock-opening spell)."

Oklahoma City is not suitable for everyone. Giddy deeply understood this in the playoffs last season. His struggle performance led to a significant reduction in playing time. He sat on the bench for the first time in his career, but the Bulls who got him a few months later may have successfully discovered this buried high-level point guard.

Gidy seems to be able to use magic when holding the ball. He is good at sending imaginative passes, especially in the out-of-bounds tactics of the sidelines. He has extraordinary stadium perception and can always create a pass route that does not exist: either lead the defense in a specific direction through breakthroughs, or add a perfect rotation to the ball, and deliver it to his teammates as accurately as Beckham's arc ball. In addition, he has a power forward-level figure and his rebounding ability is not inferior; you often see him go back from outside the boundary, rush into the penalty area and complete a tip-in by taking rebounds.

His main problem lies in shooting and defense, which makes him out of place as the third leader in the Thunder system with Alexander as the absolute core, but the 22-year-old has made significant progress in both of these seasons: his three-point shooting percentage has reached 45% since the New Year; although he still has the problem of staring at the ball and not watching people and standing still in defense, he has improved in using his figure to fight larger opponents and completing steals through keen judgment, including in the exciting quasi-four-double game against the Lakers.

Overall, Giddy is gradually becoming the all-round contributor that people expected when they were selected the sixth pick in 2021. The Chicago Bulls, which has been committed to making every position tall, shooting, and ball-handling for four years, is the right place to allow Giddy to fully utilize his superior skills. A year ago, people thought that Giddy was a player who needed to hold the ball to make a major impact, but now his offensive ball usage rate is actually the lowest in his career, but his performance has never been so outstanding on the court.

Through the website evaluation, it can be seen that Giddy continued to improve last season. He averaged 14.6 points, 8.1 rebounds, 7.2 assists and 1.2 steals per game. Among them, rebounds, assists and steals all reached career highs, and scoring, rebounds, and assists were the confidence that he dared to ask for a high salary. Then we will introduce it in turn through the data.

First of all, it is scoring ability, which is also the most valuable skill of NBA players. I think the reason why the Chicago Bulls didn't give Gidey $30 million is because Gidey's scoring ability is not explosive enough.

In the 2024-25 season, Giddy scored a total of 1,022 points, ranking 82nd in the league, among which scored within 10 feet of the basket, scored 4%, scored from the middle distance of 31%, and scored from the free throws of 17%. From the scoring distribution, he is a player who can be inside and outside, but mainly depends on scoring efficiency.

In terms of ball-holding breakthroughs, Gidy averaged 10.8 times per game and ranked 41st in the league, with a total of 759 times, ranking 29th in the league. In terms of the number of breakthroughs, Gidy performed well, but if you look at the breakthrough score, he scored a total of 347 points and ranked 57th in the league, with a breakthrough passing rate of up to 49%. In other words, nearly half of Gidy chose to pass the ball, and relied on breakthrough passing to create 99 assists, ranking 11th in the league, with a breakthrough passing assist rate of 13%..

Although Giddy's breakthrough and passes are very threatening, the same thing is that direct scores are always more valuable than assists. Compared with the uncertainty of passing the ball to his teammates, direct scores are the most efficient and direct solution. In terms of the other half of the attacking frame, Giddy's breakthrough, a total of 271 attacking frames hits 133 goals and hits a 49% shooting percentage. This attacking frame efficiency can only be considered a general level. It is obvious that Giddy does not want to directly break through and score points, but his own attacking frame skills are limited. In addition, although Giddy has the advantage of height in the same position, he obviously does not master the scoring skills in cracking the half-bass of the defensive system, and the mid-range score accounts for only 4% of the total score.

The ideal mode of a star should be that his personal scoring ability is overwhelming. In order to limit his opponent, he can only invest more defensive power, thereby breaking the opponent's defensive system and defense balance. At this time, he will be more threatening and his teammates will have a better chance of passing the ball. For example, Gidey, who has an average personal attack ability, can deal with the opponent's single defensive power. At the same time, he will be more targeted to prevent him from passing the ball, and his offensive power will be greatly reduced. This alone will make Gidey's net worth drop a lot.

In terms of shooting, Giddy has always been a weakness in the previous three seasons. The reason why he was abandoned by the Thunder was because he couldn't open up the space. However, this season, Giddy has made great progress in this regard. He has 216 three-pointers and shots, 83 goals, and 38.4% of the shooting percentage is close to the excellent level. He has 51 three-pointers and shots with 18 goals and 35% of the shooting percentage is also a barely qualified level. If Giddy can maintain this three-point shooting percentage or continue to improve in the future, his net worth will also increase rapidly.

In the Chicago Bulls, Gidey's offensive ball usage rate was only fourth in the team with 21.4%, Laven ranked first in 26.6%, Kobe White ranked second in 24.4%, Vucevic ranked third in 22.4%, and organizing offense is Gidey's main subject assignment.

He averaged 78 ball receptions per game and ranked 18th in the league, ranked 47th in the league with 4.3 minutes per game, and ranked 5th in the league with 60.3 passes per game (first Jokic 76.6 times, second Harry Poton 74.7 times, third Trae Young 61.1 times, fourth Maxi 61 times). Through this league ranking comparison, it can be seen that Gidedy has a low personal desire for offense, and he focuses on passing.

Average 7.2 assists per game, ranked 13th in the league, and 503 assists per game, ranked 10th in the league, with a pass conversion rate of 11.9%, and good assist efficiency, but the assist error ratio is 2.4 (1 turnover per 2.4 assists).

Organizing assists is Gidedy's greatest trait, but he has not yet grown to the first level of the league, but he has the potential to become a pass master in the future, and the assist data requires two-way rushing. If he can join the Warriors' main control in the future, the pass power may increase significantly under the Warriors' passing system and large-scale receiving and shooting mode.

In addition, he is a big point guard at 2.03 meters, so he has rebounding protection ability, averaged 8.1 rebounds per game, and scored a total of 566 rebounds, ranking 21st in the league. He is the only six guard player among the top 50 rebounders in the league. The only guard player with higher rebounding data than him is Josh Hart of the Josh family.

It is common to simply take rebounds, and Gidey's ability to maximize rebound returns is to launch a quick counterattack as a point guard after taking rebounds, which gives the team a huge advantage in fast break score. Last season, the Chicago Bulls ranked second in the league in averaging 18.5 points, only lower than the Denver Nuggets' 20.1 points. This is directly related to Gidey's large number of long passes in the backcourt after grabbing rebounds. He is like a quarterback in football, and he can launch a fast break in the backcourt at the first time, which is also a very valuable skill.

After talking about the three valuable aspects of scoring, assists and rebounds, let's talk about Giddy's shortcomings. His defense has always had certain problems. His movement speed is slow to play the defender, and his weight and strength are at a disadvantage when playing the No. 4 position. Although his height and wingspan can form a counter advantage on the offensive end, he will also form a counter disadvantage on the defensive end. Last season, his opponent averaged 14.1 shots in front of him per game and ranked second in the Bulls, only lower than Vucevic's 17.9 times. The opponent hit 6.7 goals under his defense and hit a shooting percentage of 47.7%. The opponent's average shooting percentage increased by 1.7 percentage points under his defense, which is a general defensive level, which shows that it is difficult for him to become an offensive and defensive star.

Finally, Gidey is a special type of player with excellent assist, excellent rebounding, average scoring, and poor defense. He also has growth potential, but the NBA has never been a charity field. The more dominant players play in the field, they can win as much rewards as they dominate the field. Gidey obviously has to work harder, hoping that he can go further in the future and become a higher-level star.