The NBA draft is a month away and each NBA team has their own unique personnel needs to fill.
Lucky for them, the talent pool is ample with bona fide studs, risky prospects and diamonds in the rough.
For the Chicago Bulls, the consensus is that they need to find a shooting guard that can grow as a player and create the backcourt of the future alongside Derrick Rose.
Someone with a knack for creating their own shot and getting into the paint would be most fitting.
In a perfect basketball world, the Bulls would trade up from their lowly spot at No. 29 to land a sure thing like UConn’s Jeremy Lamb or Duke’s Austin Rivers. But given what the Bulls would have to give up to land a spot in the lottery, that doesn’t seem likely.
Let’s assume for a second, though, that trading up 20-plus spots was feasible. Would it really be beneficial for Chicago?
An NBA lottery pick is usually a player that has a pretty good chance of starting and contributing right away on an NBA team.
Given Tom Thibodeau’s old-school ethic, which pretty much limits rookies to garbage minutes, having a forme ...
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NBA Draft 2012: Why Trading Up Doesn’t Make Sense for Chicago Bulls
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