Josh Giddeyβs career season will be put on pause for a significant amount of time.
The guard has suffered a left hamstring strain and will miss at least a few weeks, according to ESPNβs Shams Charania. Even a three-week absence would mean 12 games missed.
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Giddey sustained the injury early in the third quarter of the Bullsβ 136-101 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday. A seemingly benign play ended in him grabbing at his hamstring and gingerly walking off the court.
The Bulls currently sit at 15-17, good for ninth in the Eastern Conference, and many of those wins are attributable to a breakout performance from Giddey so far this season. At 23 years old, he is averaging career highs across the board and ranks third in the NBA in assists per game with nine, behind only Nikola JokiΔ (11) and Cade Cunningham (9.6).
That effort landed Giddey in 14th place in the most recent round of NBA All-Star voting in the Eastern Conference. He has been a true do-everything player for Chicago this season, and now it will have to figure out what to do for at least a dozen games without him.
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Before the season, the Bulls made a long-term investment in Giddey with a four-year, $100 million contract in restricted free agency.
