So, now what?
This year's NBA draft set the stage for what figures to be a tumultuous offseason. Prospects were reached for, others passed on. Logjams were created or intensified. Trades were made. More importantly, specific trades weren't made.
Everything that happened—or didn't happen—will play a direct role in shaping the storylines we follow this summer. These are some of the biggest.
Butler Is the New Cousins
Depending on what hour of the day it is, the Chicago Bulls either almost traded Jimmy Butler or didn't even think about moving him.
General manager Gar Forman did little to alleviate the confusion once everything died down Thursday night. Though he said the Bulls "were in no talks with anybody," he didn't exactly give Butler's future in Chicago a ringing endorsement, per ESPN.com's Marc Stein:
You've got to keep an open mind. I think [Bulls executive vice president of basketball operations] John Paxson said it best when we met [with the media] in [April]. He was only around one guy in an 11-year career that was untradable, and that was Michael J ...
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