Chicago Bulls Blurbs: The Post-NBA Draft Lottery Edition

In the post-NBA Draft Lottery edition of Chicago Bulls Blurbs, we’ll take a look at some of the best Chicago Bulls content across the internet, along with some other pieces you should check out on the NBA.

So, Tuesday night didn’t go according to plan for the Chicago Bulls.

The Boston Celtics (via the Brooklyn Nets) will have the No. 1 pick in the 2017 NBA Draft, which probably just put a damper on any trade happening between the Celtics and the Bulls this summer revolving around Jimmy Butler.

Butler, who finished up his best NBA season to date a couple weeks ago in a six-game playoff series loss to those same Celtics with the Bulls, has been the subject of trade rumors for quite some time now. Although there’s really be no true confirmation that the Bulls are committed to Butler in the future, it appears that he’ll be staying put for the time being.

As for the Bulls organization itself, the focus turns to the draft. The Bulls will pick 16th overall and 38th overall (via a pick given to them by the Sacramento Kings in the Luol Deng trade back in 2014) and their options for each pick seem fairly open at this point.

With all of that being said, here’s this week’s Chicago Bulls Blurbs, in which we track some of the best Bulls content from across the web from the week that was for the Bulls and in the NBA.

How does the draft lottery affect Jimmy Butler’s trade market? – (@highkin)

Basically a mainstay in this blurbs each week, The Athletic Chicago‘s Sean Highkin addressed the trade market situation for Jimmy Butler after the Celtics won the top pick in the lottery on Tuesday night.

A realistic four-point plan for fixing the Chicago Bulls – (@StephNoh)

It’s no secret that the Bulls front office pairing of John Paxson and Gar Forman aren’t well-liked among Bulls fans, but never fear. The Athletic Chicago‘s Stephen Noh has a four-step plan that can truly get the Bulls on the right track and heading in the right direction.

The Cavs dominating the Celtics proves Boston needs Jimmy Butler – (@EasyEis)

After LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers thoroughly destroyed the Boston Celtics in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Wednesday night in Boston, SB Nation Blog a Bull’s George Eisner broke down why the C’s should still try and make a move for Jimmy Butler.

Chicago Bulls: 5 biggest questions from 2016-17 season – James Tillman

There’s plenty of questions surrounding the Chicago Bulls this summer and James Tillman of our sister site at Hoops Habit asked five important questions surrounding the Bulls over the offseason. What’s the plan for Nikola Mirotic? Will the Bulls bring back Rajon Rondo?

Chicago Bulls Draft Options: Breaking down who the Bulls met with at the NBA Combine – Aaron Pearlstein

Other things to take a glance at:

• SB Nation Blog a Bull’s Vijay Vemu took a look at some point guards the Bulls could look at in free agency this summer.

• Our own Daniel Coughlin broke down the scenario that is Nikola Mirotic and his restricted free agency market this summer.

• I personally started a show here titled, “Jimmy Butler Trade Ideas That Probably Won’t Happen”. The first couple editions: the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers.

• Almighty Baller Radio‘s most recent Debate-A-Bulls Podcast featuring Jordan Maly and Matt Peck spoke on the topic of trading Jimmy Butler and draft prospects Hamidou Diallo (Kentucky) and Luke Kennard (Duke).

Next: Trading up for Kentucky's De'Aaron Fox would be a good idea, Bulls

2017 NBA Playoffs update:

LeBron James was absolute absurd on Wednesday night in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals, dropping 38 points on 14-of-24 shooting, with nine rebounds and seven assists in Cleveland’s 13-point victory that wasn’t even that close.

Read: “The Celtics don’t have a LeBron stopper because no one stops LeBron James” by SB Nation’s Tim Cato

Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals is on Saturday night, as the Golden State Warriors lead the Kawhi Leonard-less San Antonio Spurs two games to none already.

Read: “A Spurs fan seriously filed a lawsuit against Zaza Pachulia for injuring Kawhi Leonard” by USA Today/For The Win’s Andrew Joseph

(No, seriously.)