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2007-2008 Finish: 33-49
2008 Draft Picks: 1st, 39th
Pre-Draft 2008-09 Projected Starters:
PG Kirk Hinrich
SG Larry Hughes
SF Luol Deng
PF Drew Gooden
C Joakim Noah
Key Reserves:
SG Ben Gordon
SF Andres Nocioni
PF Tyrus Thomas
What the Bulls Do Well:
The Bulls were one of the favorites to come out on top of the East at the
onset of the 2007-08 season, but higher expectations and a breakdown in the
locker room led to the demise of this ultra-talented squad. Now they find
themselves in a period of transition. They have two major trade chips this
offseason with ‘contract extension time’ coming up for emerging young stars
Ben Gordon and Luol Deng. They have a glut of young talent on the roster and
will soon find themselves soaring above the salary cap if they don’t manage
it with care over the next three years.
They are one of the most athletic teams in the East and feature plenty of
outside shooters and energy big men who play solid defense and grab rebounds.
They are a very young team that recently added veterans Larry Hughes and Drew
Gooden. Their frontcourt features two projects seeping with raw talent who
could turn out to be future stars if the Bulls' front office can find the
proper coach to sculpt the young and energetic Tyrus Thomas and Joakim Noah.
The Bulls have one of the strongest eight-deep rotations in the league, and
adding either Michael Beasley or Derrick Rose with the top pick will only
strengthen their young core. Despite a down year overall last season, the
Bulls are poised to make a quick return back into the upper echelon in the
East, simply because they have too much talent for it not to translate into
winning.
Greatest Areas of Improvement:
Interior Scoring
For the past couple of seasons, all the talk about improving this Bulls' team
has been centered around adding a quality big man who can give them interior
scoring. At the trade deadline, they jettisoned the often redundant Ben
Wallace and replaced him with Drew Gooden at the four position. That helped
them gain offense from the power forward position, but often Gooden played
away from the hoop and wasn't really a true factor in the post. This is a
great area of need for improvement for this team that loves to jack up shots
from anywhere on the floor.
Upgrade at Point Guard
As mentioned earlier, this team loves to shoot from the outside. The two best
ways to spread the floor are to add a scorer in the paint or add a playmaking
point guard capable of breaking down the defense. If the Bulls choose to use
this pick to upgrade over Kirk Hinrich, who is coming off a career lows in
scoring (11.5 points) and assists (6.0), they have the perfect candidate to
penetrate the paint and find the open man.
Who’s Gone Number 1 Recently?
As expected, those who have had the top overall selection have normally done
better in the seasons following the selection…well, unless you are the
Bucks, who passed on Deron Williams and Chris Paul in favor of the now-gone
T.J. Ford and Maurice Williams.
2007
Greg Oden, Portland Trail Blazers
2006
Andrea Bargnani, Toronto Raptors
2005
Andrew Bogut, Milwaukee Bucks
2004
Dwight Howard, Orlando Magic
2003
LeBron James, Cleveland Cavaliers
Who Should the Bulls Target?
For more in-depth analysis and background regarding the players whom the
Bulls should target in this year’s Draft, click on each player name to be
redirected to Christopher Reina’s Prospect Report piece.
- Michael Beasley, PF – Kansas State:
Beasley is an absolute beast in the paint and from the outside. He is one of
the more gifted scoring big men that we’ve seen in decades and can put the
ball in the hoop from anywhere on the floor. He is also a monster on the
boards and really presents himself as the ultimate package, who often has the
mean streak that allows him to think he can carry his team to victory by
himself on any given night. He followed up Kevin Durant’s stunning season at
Texas a year ago by registering more points and gathering more rebounds than
the 2006-07 consensus Player of the Year and this year’s NBA Rookie of the
Year. It will be nearly impossible for the Bulls to pass on the K-State
product.
- Derrick Rose, PG – Memphis:
In the growing age where having an elite point guard has gone from being a
luxury to becoming a necessity, this is where Derrick Rose raises his hand
and says, “Hey, what about me?” Bulls' fans will tell you that perhaps they
are a bit weary of selection a strong and speedy point guard who loves to
penetrate the paint and score in transition, reminding them of their
selection of Jay Williams out of Duke with the second pick in the 2002 NBA
Draft. However, passing on Rose, a Chicago native, with the potential of
Chris Paul and Deron Williams could set a franchise back a few years…just
ask the Atlanta Hawks and Milwaukee Bucks.
Who Do the Fans Want?
According to Andrew Perna’s Chicago Bulls Lottery Summit , an interactive
column featuring the responses of true RealGM hoops fans hoping to add their
two cents to the Bulls Draft discussion, the fans of Chicago have made it
known that they would an upgrade at the point guard position. At the time of
this column, the Bulls were sitting at the ninth overall pick with only a
1.7% chance of landing the top spot. Their answers requested Bulls'
management to pick Kevin Love, Russell Westbrook, and DeAndre Jordan.
However, since the consensus said Westbrook, it can only be assumed that they
would prefer the top selection in the 2008 NBA Draft to be:
Derrick Rose, PG – Memphis
Picks Over the Past Five Years
Thanks largely to the Eddy Curry trade, the Bulls are seemingly always
picking in the top 10. Do they have a single guy in their rotation that wasn’
t a top-10 pick? (Answer: Not really – only Andres Nocioni, who was signed
as a FA directly from Argentina).
2007
Joakim Noah, 9th
Aaron Gray, 49th
JamesOn Curry, 51st
2006
Tyrus Thomas, 4th
Thabo Sefolosha, 13th
2005
None
2004
Ben Gordon, 3rd
Luol Deng, 7th
Chris Duhon, 38th
2003
Kirk Hinrich, 7th
Mario Austin, 36th
Tommy Smith, 53rd
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