Chicago Bulls: Revisiting every 38th overall pick in franchise history

Every 38th overall pick in Chicago Bulls franchise history: Chris Duhon

The first 38th overall pick in franchise history for the Bulls was the 6-foot-1 and 185-pound former Duke Blue Devils star point guard Chris Duhon. The Bulls selected Duhon with the 38th overall pick in the second round of the 2004 NBA Draft. That was the same draft where the Bulls picked up a then promising shooting guard in Ben Gordon third overall.

When you look back at it, there was really only one other second-round pick in that 2004 draft class that you could say the Bulls should’ve taken over Duhon. And that was Trevor Ariza, who was picked 43rd overall by the New York Knicks.

Duhon wasn’t the worst second-round draft pick ever. He had a career that spanned nine years in the NBA, which is a good number from a second-round pick. That is definitely longer than the average second-round pick.

But Duhon didn’t really make much of an impact ever for the Bulls. He did spend four seasons with the Bulls where he averaged 6.9 points per game, 2.4 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 0.9 steals, and no blocks. And he shot 38.7 percent from the field, 35.6 percent from beyond the arc, and 78.5 percent from the free-throw line.

Duhon would later go on to spend two seasons with the Knicks, two with the Magic, and one with the Los Angeles Lakers. It is also a bit surprising that Duhon would start in more than half of the 606 career regular season games he played in.

There were even five playoff starts that Duhon had in his NBA career.

Looking back on it, Duhon was a decent 38th overall draft pick for the Bulls. Getting someone that could play in 300 career regular season games, and 21 playoff games, for the Bulls would have to be considered a success this year at 38 overall.