Chicago Bulls: Re-drafting past five first round selections

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The past five first rounds in the NBA Draft brought mixed results for the Chicago Bulls, and a host of differentiating draft-day trades.

Over the past few years, the Chicago Bulls has a reasonable amount of success in the first round of the NBA Draft. The past two first round selections for the Bulls resulted in promising bigs like Lauri Markkanen and Wendell Carter Jr. With the Bulls in position to get a high pick in the 2019 NBA Draft lottery, this type of success will hopefully continue.

The best way for the Chicago Bulls front office to build things up at this point is through the NBA Draft. It seems like there’s a solid core in place. Converting on that by rounding out the starting five and a currently thin bench is key. The Bulls have a lot of potential but are still missing some key pieces.

Morever, it’s important to understand that the Chicago Bulls drafted pretty well of late. There were a few whiffs, but that happens to every team to varying degrees.

In this piece here, we’re covering how the Bulls drafted in the first round dating back to 2014. The Bulls had two first round selections of the 2014 NBA Draft, but that and 2018 were the only times in the past five years that happened. The Bulls also had at least one first round selection for every draft between 2015 and 2018, so this works out pretty well.

Past lessons from the recent drafts are valuable to know for the first round selection in the 2019 NBA Draft. As long as the Bulls keep heading down the right path building through the draft, this can be one of the more promising young cores in the NBA.

Here’s a look at a re-draft of the past five Chicago Bulls first round NBA Draft selections, including the two from 2014.

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