The Chicago Bulls recently hosted workouts with top-10 prospects Keaton Wagler, Kingston Flemings, Mikel Brown Jr. and Nate Ament. Given that the Bulls are expected to select Caleb Wilson at No. 4 and the likelihood that those players are gone when they pick again at No. 15, those decisions are surprising.
But ClutchPoints' Brett Siegel reports that Chicago hopes to land a pick in the 7-to-10 range — right about where Wagler, Flemings, Brown and Ament are projected to go off the board — which explains those connections.
Exciting connections, frankly, for Bulls fans who are hoping this year's draft will be a franchise-changing one.
Bulls reportedly eyeing two top-10 picks in 2026 NBA Draft
The consensus in the draft world is that Wilson will slide into Chicago's lap at No. 4.
Bulls executive VP of basketball operations Bryson Graham covets players with SLAP attributes — size, length, athleticism, physicality. Wilson would give him a prospect built in a SLAP lab.
Having the 15th pick opens up all kinds of avenues for Chicago, depending on how the lottery plays out. Baylor's Cameron Carr is a long, elite athlete with gobs of scoring potential. Michigan's Morez Johnson Jr. is an explosive power forward capable of guarding all five positions. Washington big man Hannes Steinbach would give the Bulls an interior anchor they haven't had since Joakim Noah.
But the more intriguing play would be packaging No. 15 with another asset to move up and acquire a second top-10 pick.
In his latest mock draft, Siegel writes that the Bulls "may very well be exploring the possibility of moving up into the 7-to-10 range of the lottery should one of these players fall in those spots."
Now, it makes sense. Chicago is fascinated with Wagler, Flemings, Brown and Ament — enough so that it would be willing to move back into the top-10 if one of them is available in the right scenario.
Wagler, Flemings, Ament or Brown would fit perfectly into Bulls rebuild
Wilson, by all accounts, is the kind of player organizations build around. But potentially having two of those wouldn't hurt.
Wagler is a crafty, 6-foot-6, high-IQ combo guard with an elite 3-point stroke. Flemings may be the most explosive guard in this class; pairing him with Wilson, who may be the most explosive player at any position in 2026, would be scintillating.
Aside from Darryn Peterson, Brown is this draft's most talented pure scorer. The 6-foot-5 guard has natural scoring instincts and is an underrated playmaker.
Ament is one of the more polarizing players in this class, as a 6-foot-10 jumbo wing who can shoot and dribble like a guard but didn't produce as well as teams had hoped at Tennessee.
Owning two top-15 picks in one of the most loaded drafts of the decade is nice. Maneuvering around the board to make it two top-10 selections would be a dream for the Bulls.
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