Back in October, we put together a “way-too-early” 2017 NBA Draft big board for the Chicago Bulls. In this edition, it’s the “not-so-early” big board for the Bulls with the NCAA Tournament just over a month away.
For those that don’t watch college basketball and just stick to the unwanted misery of the Chicago Bulls playing three to four games a week, the 2017 NCAA Tournament is just about a month away.
The “Big Dance” is a 68-team tournament that’s one of the biggest and best sporting events of the calendar year and some of the top names that will likely be entering the 2017 NBA Draft will be in the spotlight.
Guys like UCLA’s Lonzo Ball, the college equivalent of Stephen Curry (at times), Kansas wing Josh Jackson, Kentucky’s dynamic backcourt duo of De’Aaron Fox and Malik Monk, and Arizona’s seven-foot super frosh Lauri Markkanen will all be putting a show for likely the final time in the college ranks.
As for the Bulls themselves, they continue to slide down the draft board projections, meaning that the playoffs are a real possibility for them (which is unfortunate for their future progress, but we’ll digress on that subject for now).
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“Not-so-early” draft board for the Bulls: Part 1
Currently, Draft Express (last updated mock: Feb. 13) and Tankathon.com (last updated mock: Feb. 10) have the Bulls picking 11th and 17th overall in June thanks to potentially getting that pick from the Sacramento Kings that’s owed to them via the Luol Deng trade.
With those two sites, the Bulls would be selecting Miles Bridges from Michigan State and OG Anunoby from Indiana, while Tankathon has the Bulls taking Kentucky’s De’Aaron Fox and Ivan Rabb from California.
(For the record, the Kings are picking 11th in both projections, so that pick would turn into another first-round pick for the Bulls Bulls unless the Kings project to finish inside of the top 10 selections, meaning they lose more games.)
With those projections as of now, let’s update the Bulls’ big draft board at each position from October in the front court with more likely draft prospects for them to choose from with their projected pick(s).
(Player measureables gathered from DraftExpress.com unless otherwise noted.)