This injury update is VERY SCARY...

Josh Giddey just revealed something very scary and it's that he's been playing through an injury and nobody outside of the Bulls building knew it until today. It is his left wrist. It happened in the preseason. He got an MRI and the plan is, in his words, to manage it throughout the season. Then you look at the box score from that same night. Two points, one made shot in 10 tries, five turnovers, and the Bulls lost by 43. So yes, it is very scary and it's scary because we don't know what's happening we don't know what the extent of this injury is at this point and the one person that does is out there playing through it on the court every night we're also going to talk about what Tiago Splitter and Caleb Wilson had to say about their biggest loss on opening night in franchise history so stay with us we have a lot coming up on this episode of Bulls Digest first the facts we have Giddey said after the loss that he hurt the wrist during the preseason Sports Illustrated says it happened in the preseason opener against the Phoenix Suns on October 8th, and that it was bad enough that he got an MRI. In that game, he played 23 minutes and went 1 for 6 from the floor. That MRI has not been released to the public, and the only thing we do know about this injury is that it's listed as a sprain. What Giddey did say is that the medical team weighed the options and decided they would manage it, rather than fix it right now. Manage it throughout the season. That is not a phrase you use for something that's going to go away in a couple of weeks. Until now, the Bulls had not put him on the injury report. Not once. He has played in every game since the preseason opener. As of Thursday afternoon, that changed. He is listed as probable for Friday at Milwaukee with a left wrist sprain. He did not miss a game in all five preseason games he played between 9 and 24 minutes. And he had 7, 8, and 9 assists in three of them. The team thinks that he doesn't need to sit. but this means that a lot of people were making decisions about this season not knowing what would happen as soon as we enter it. Now the game. Last night in Toronto, the regular season opener. Giddey played 24 minutes. He scored two points. He made one of his 10 shots and did not make a free throw or a three. He did grab seven rebounds and hand out six assists, and he turned the ball over five times. In the minutes he was on the floor, the Bulls were outscored by 39 points, 39 and 24 minutes. As a team, Chicago gave the ball away 27 times, and Toronto won 135-92. 43 points is the biggest season opener defeat in Bulls history, according to Casey Johnson of Chicago Sports Network. The old mark was 35 points in 2001 and 2003. That's what happened last night. Now let's tell you what head coach Tiago Splitter had to say about it all. Tiago Splitter was asked about what bothered him most about this game and he didn't speak about the shots. He said quote the way we competed. Then he got specific quote after a turnover getting our heads down when running back that's something we cannot accept. Remember the Bulls turned it over 27 times and Tiago Splitter was talking about what happened after every single one of them. He said he talked to them at halftime and after the game quote we gotta be better. He also said the Raptors were no secret quote we knew they had guys that can steal the ball and we knew a lot about their physicality and then sometimes you got to feel it and know it when you go there and play read that again we knew they knew what they were walking into in Toronto and that is a part that should worry a coach because they did not game plan against it then he got to the rookie on Caleb Williams he said quote obviously it was a bad night for Caleb, we're going to grow from this learn from this, he was playing too much in crowds, not passing the ball when he had two three guys on him, so we're going to watch film and get better, and the numbers back him up, Wilson had nine turnovers more than anybody on the team and went seven for 31 from the floor, he played 32 minutes and was minus 45, the reporter then asked Splitter whether he worries about players falling into bad habits this early, he said quote "yes, I'm worried about" that we gotta be better, this is basically a head coach coming out after game one and saying he's worried but he thinks that we can get better and can watch film and can better and can get better from this, so I'm happy with that to be honest with you guys, obviously it's only one bad game and he's going to try to fix the holes early, Caleb Wilson answered for himself to quote "I just got to figure it out", that's the great thing about the NBA is we play 82 games and he said film is a great way to see where we where he should be and could be. There is a rookie taking nine turnovers and a minus 45 on the chin and still saying the right things. And now we hear what Josh Giddey had to say about everything that happened last night. He said the medical team weighed the options and determined they will deal with that that way. And when asked if it was a tissue injury, Giddey deferred to the medical team. Deferring this to the medical team is a very careful answer for someone who knows exactly what's going on with his wrist. Before we pin this on one wrist, look at what else happened that night. Toronto led 43-23 after one quarter The Bulls turned the ball over 27 times. The Raptors turned it over 10. Toronto had 31 assists Chicago had 16. Toronto made 3 of every 10 of their 3-pointers it took, and Chicago made 1-9 So the whole team was in a hole last night. Caleb Wilson turned over the ball a lot. Josh Giddey turned over the ball a lot. So it wasn't only one bad line in the building. There was multiple bad performances in last night's game. One night really proves nothing. It's a pretty much a brand new team with a brand new head coach on the road against a big team like the Raptors who just got their guy Kawhi back. So a lot of chips were against us last night and we went out there and just couldn't get it done. What does bother me is the track record. Last season Giddey played 54 games The Bulls ask a lot from him and he has not been able to give them a full year yet. Roto Baller wrote that hamstring and ankle problems held him to those 54 games, and that he had arthroscopic surgery on his right ankle in May. Then the same report said he came into camp with no restrictions. That was September. By the first preseason game, he was hurt. This is a very hard timeline to read as a fan. You see him healthy in September, and then injured again into October, and it all comes to light after the first game. And remember, the wrist he sprained at the end of the 2024-25 season was his right wrist. This time, it is his left. Different wrist, same story, a guard playing through something Was it the wrist? Probably. He's primarily a playmaker and ball handler, and that's going to be your first thing to feel it, is your wrist But here's the part that keeps me honest. Last season, Giddey played 54 games and turned the ball over 3.6 times a game. In 18 of those 54 games, he gave it away 5 or more times. So five turnovers doesn't really prove that an injury was the case because we've seen him have nights like this on two healthy wrists. What is different is the rest of the line. Last season he averaged 17 points, 8.3 rebounds, and 9.1 assists. Against that last night he had two points on very bad shooting and yeah it's the night we learned about his wrist injury and that he's playing through it and I know it's easy to put two and two together and say yeah it's because of the injury but it could have just been a bad night for him and hopefully going forward we'll see Josh Giddey uh in prime form the honest answer is it's only been one game and it's a big secret nobody really knows what's happening besides Josh Giddey himself so you can either say it is blaming this on the wrist or you know you can just keep guessing because it could just be a bad night so hopefully uh it is a a bad night and hopefully the wrist injury isn't as serious as it's leading on to at this point so why does it matter this much start with the money Giddey has paid 25 million dollars a year that is 75 million guaranteed over three years with the offense built around the ball in his hands and the schedule does not give anybody time to heal Bulls on Sports Illustrated say six of the first eight games are on the road road trips mean travel days back-to-back games no home practices at all so right now that's not where you want to be with an injured wrist because you probably aren't getting the proper treatment that you would at home so that's a part that is very scary so right now it is a wrist sprain and he's probable to play but if that even changes to questionable or out then we should start to think about how this lineup looks without Josh Giddey in it every single night if the wrist is the problem the jumper and the free throws are where it shows first and he went zero for zero from the free throw line and went zero from behind the arc as well last night the turnovers is where we will also see the wrist tested because right now 3.6 a game is his baseline if he is creeping towards five every night that is a signal another thing to keep an eye to too is if we see the results of the MRI and if we never get to see those then we start to become very concerned so is this scary yeah i think it's very scary we really don't know what's happening right now the only player that does or the only person that does know it is Josh Giddey he knows what's happening with his wrist the doctors know what's happening with his wrist and right now he's going to play through this injury and maybe it'll work out for us but maybe he'll put some more strain on it and it will end up to him being out the rest of the season so hopefully that's not the case and hopefully this isn't too serious but like i said if we don't start hearing some more news on it soon then i would start to become very very concerned but this is a very scary thing to start the year for the bulls especially a team that is starting on the road as well and if you want to hear my honest take on it when the next few games are over and how we see him performing from that stay tuned we'll have a video for that coming up soon so let me know how you guys are feeling how do you feel about this Josh Giddey wrist injury do you think we should start sitting him and giving him some treatment and giving him some days off or do you think this is something we don't need to worry about I'd love to hear all your guys answers down below in the comments because I read every single one of them and appreciate you guys showing some support here on the channel