What if the Chicago Bulls kept their own first-round picks?

Shooting Guard – Gary Harris ( Drafted 19th Overall – 2014)

We quickly get to our first head-scratcher on this list with Gary Harris. The Michigan State guard was part of a draft-night trade that netted the Bulls Doug McDermott. Mr. McBuckets lasted all of two and a half years on the westside before being moved for a package of which the most notable inclusion was Cameron Payne.

To illustrate how bad of a trade this wound up being, McDermott has never averaged double-digits in points for a full season (he did average 10.2 over a half-season with the Bulls in 2016). Nor has he started more than five games in any year.

Harris is coming off of his fourth-straight campaign of double-digit points and hasn’t started fewer than the 48 games he did in 2018 since his rookie year. He is also a capable defender having come in eighth among shooting guards in ESPN’s Defensive Real Plus-Minus. And while Harris (.360 from three-point range) isn’t the deep-threat McDermott is (.404), he isn’t a liability either.

Backup – Denzel Valentine (Drafted 14th Overall – 2016)

Yet another toss-up spot here. Between Denzel Valentine and Tony Snell (Drafted 20th overall in 2013), neither has made much of an impact yet in the NBA. Snell is under the McDermott act, billed as a scorer he has yet to reach even nine points per game in his career. Valentine at least averaged 10.2 in 2017 before missing last season due to injury.