{"id":550121,"date":"2026-01-21T02:37:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T02:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/550121\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T02:37:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T02:37:16","slug":"chicago-bulls-hopeful-for-josh-giddeys-return-vs-minnesota-timberwolves-after-11-game-absence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/550121\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Bulls hopeful for Josh Giddey\u2019s return vs. Minnesota Timberwolves after 11-game absence"},"content":{"rendered":"

CHICAGO — Guard Josh Giddey<\/a> is just about ready to return to the Chicago Bulls<\/a>\u2019 lineup after being sidelined the past three weeks because of a strained left hamstring, coach Billy Donovan said Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Donovan, speaking before the game against the LA Clippers, said that Giddey could return at Minnesota on Thursday. The Australian missed his 11th game in a row.<\/p>\n

\u201cFeels pretty good,\u201d Donovan said. \u201cI think it\u2019s just waiting to hear from the medical of what they want to do and how Josh feels. But everything that I\u2019ve gotten from Josh in medical is that there were no setbacks and he\u2019s doing well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Giddey has not played since a loss to New Orleans on Dec. 31. He walked off the court gingerly in the first minute of the second half in that game.<\/p>\n

Giddey has performed at an All-Star level in his second season in Chicago since a trade from Oklahoma City. He is averaging a team-high 19.2 points, 8.9 rebounds and nine assists, and has seven triple-doubles.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know what the cutoff point is in terms of missed games and things like that, but before he got hurt, I think you could certainly make the argument he was playing at that level for strong consideration,\u201d Donovan said.<\/p>\n

The Bulls were ninth in the Eastern Conference at 20-22 entering Tuesday\u2019s game. Forward Patrick Williams<\/a> sat out because of a sprained right ankle and is day-to-day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO — Guard Josh Giddey is just about ready to return to the Chicago Bulls\u2019 lineup after being…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":506978,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3771],"tags":[7,920,919,329,65222,3824,75471,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-550121","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-bulls","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-bulls","10":"tag-chicago","11":"tag-chicago-bulls","12":"tag-chicago-bulls-sports-basketball-team-team-statscom-4","13":"tag-chicagobulls","14":"tag-josh-giddey-sports-basketball-player-player-statscom-1323503","15":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115930768743788931","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=550121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/506978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}