Bulls' Josh Giddey leads team to historic start, joins Michael Jordan in elite club originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Chicago Bulls had an impressive win Tuesday night against the Philadelphia 76ers.

The Bulls are off to a fiery start to the 2025-26 season as they’ve gone 6-1 so far. More specifically, Josh Giddey is showing off night after night. The guard even made Bulls franchise history not seen since Michael Jordan—that’s pretty good company to join.

32 points. 10 boards. 9 dimes. Josh Giddey leads the @chicagobulls to their first 5-0 start since the 1996-1997 season 🤯 They also move to 1-0 in East Group C play in the @emirates NBA Cup Tournament! pic.twitter.com/XHrGR141fc

Some of the NBA greats have made careers out of consistently tallying triple-doubles. Michael Jordan, for example, once tallied seven consecutive triple-doubles in a row in 1989. The feat was so rare, that Jordan remained the lone player in Chicago Bulls history to record consecutive triple-doubles.

No bitterness was shown. While Giddey admitted it was difficult to feel neutral, he was ultimately happy to see the Thunder win an NBA championship. His relationships with several former teammates surfaced when they went back and forth with the Indiana Pacers in the 2025 NBA Finals.

Giddey notched 23 points (10-19 FG, 1-5 3Pt, 2-2 FT), 12 rebounds, 12 assists and two steals across 38 minutes in Sunday's 128-116 loss to the Knicks.

Josh Giddey hasn’t just played up to the four-year, $100 million ($A153m) contract he secured in the off-season; he’s outplaying it. Meanwhile, Aussie compatriot Dyson Daniels enhanced his offensive workload in the absence of sidelined All-Star guard Trae Young.