With the fourth overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft Lottery, where should the Chicago Bulls look to find the best fit with shooting guard Zach LaVine?
One of the aspects that tends to be less commonly considered in each passing NBA Draft is how a particular prospect would pair with the rest of the starting five, or the bench, of the team they land on. In the case of the Chicago Bulls, the fit with a largely retooled organization from the top-down will be key heading into the fourth year of the rebuild.
We are just one day away from draft night 2020. The 2020 NBA Draft is set to take place on the night of Nov. 18, during what is a very busy week around the league’s landscape. A number of blockbuster trades already took place, and the Bulls have even extended a couple of important qualifying offers on the restricted free agent market this week.
But where will newly hired executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas and general manager Marc Eversley look with the Bulls fourth overall pick in the 2020 draft lottery?
Importantly too, what will they plan to do with the original Memphis Grizzlies 44th overall pick in the second round of the draft?
There’s a lot of ways that the Bulls could go, but we should put an emphasis on how various draft targets will fit alongside the likes of important pieces of the young core: shooting guard Zach LaVine, point guard Coby White, etc. Namely, LaVine will be important to watch with how he fits with whoever the Bulls get in the draft lottery. LaVine was the closest thing that the Bulls had to an All-Star selection in the last two years.
Here’s a look at three potential draft targets for the Bulls that pair well alongside LaVine.