The Chicago Bulls are early in their (hopeful) rebuild. At this point, when very few players are obvious longterm solutions, the NBA Draft should be about one thing; taking the best player availabe, no matter the position.
In the past two drafts, the Bulls have taken Matas Buzelis and Noa Essengue, two lanky forwards who move very well and can potentially develop into mismatch terrors for opponents on both ends of the court. If the Bulls are on the clock in June and the best player available is another guy who fits that description... Take him.
Remember when the Philadelphia 76ers passed on Joel Embiid in 2014 because they already had Nerlens Noel? Or when the Celtics passed on Jayson Tatum because they had taken Jaylen Brown the year prior? No... Because that didn't happen, of course.
The current Bulls roster does not have a cornerstone. It has lots of potentially awesome players, but "fit" should not even be in the front office's vocabulary right now. Fit is for teams looking for a final piece, not teams looking for foundational pieces — and the Bulls are in the second category right now. If Karim Lopez, the 6-foot-9 international prospect (sound familiar?), is the best player available in the eyes of the Bulls, then he should be the pick. Don't overthink it. Talent acquisition is priority No. 1.
A guard and big man would be a dream scenario in the NBA Draft
If Bulls fans had their way, the best players available when the Bulls are on the clock (potentially twice, if Portland makes the playoffs) would be a guard and a center, which are perhaps the two most glaring holes on a roster with so many glaring holes you should wear sunglasses while looking at it.
Again, the new front office mustn't force anything, but there's a reason most mock drafts — including FanSided's own Christopher Kline's — have the Bulls either snagging a guard or a big man (or both) in the lottery. Brayden Burries of Arizona and Aday Mara of Michigan are two names that will likely be attached to the Bulls for the next few months.
Josh Giddey needs a backcourt mate in Chicago, and the Bulls need someone who's even close to a starting-caliber center. Those are both true statements. But trying to build a balanced roster years before the team will actually compete for anything is a fruitless endeavor. Having a team with 12 good players who don't actually fit together is still a better predicament to be in than having a team with 12 bad players who make sense positionally.