Giddey’s buzzer-beating halfcourt heave capped what might be the wildest finish in the NBA this season and gave the surging Chicago Bulls a 119-117 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night. “Special moment to do it with these guys, this team,” Giddey said.

With Giddey en route to a massive payday this upcoming offseason, Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault was unmoved by the revisits of the deal and said both sides won it. For OKC, it was one of the best defensive players on a title contender. For Chicago, it gained a franchise cornerstone.

The following players averaged the most fantasy points per game last week (two-game minimum): Giddey was the aforementioned surprise pace-setter this past week, vaulting to the top despite playing in just two of the Bulls’ three games.

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Giddey admitted as much in his first interview after being traded to the Bulls, revealing to reporters that he told Thunder GM Sam Presti that the idea of coming off the bench or running the second unit “wasn’t something that I was overly eager to do”.

Dyson Daniels may be the NBA’s steals king, but fellow Australian and good friend Josh Giddey did his best impression of the ‘Great Barrier Thief’ with an absurd eight steals in the Chicago Bulls’ 146-115 romp of the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday.

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