The Bulls Would Be Championship Contenders if...

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They had kept all their draft picks from the past 10 years.

In 2008, as we all know, the Bulls selected Derrick Rose, who is considered by many as a potential Rookie of the year.

In 2007, who seems like a bust now and probably will stay a bust, they selected Joakim Noah.
edit: He turned himself around into a great player.

In 2006, they selected LaMarcus Aldridge, but ended up trading him away for Tyrus Thomas and some other fool. So there is one mistake.

In 2004, the Bulls selected Shooting Guard Ben Gordon, who as we all know from 2k9, can hit 3's nonstop. Great starter at SG, even better 6th man. Also, the Bulls selected Chris Duhon, who is also great coming off the bench.

In 2003, with the 7th pick, they drafted Kirk Hinrich. If you're like me, you hate playing Captain Kirk in NBA 2k9. Dude hits everything. But still, he's even better coming of the bench as the 6th man than Ben Gordon is, so he will be our 6th.

We won't mention 2002, which included draft bust Jay Williams. He's that loser that got in the motorcycle accident, right? Imagine if they picked Amare Stoudamire with that pick. Damn. But with the 30th overall pick, the Bulls selected Roger Mason.

In 2001, their first round selection was Eddie Curry. Even though he isn't a good starter, I could see him coming off the bench as a role player.

The 2000 draft was full of fail, and sadly the Bulls were at the short end of the stick with 3 first rounders and 3 second rounders. They selected Marcus Fizer with the 4th, who? and Jamal Crawford with the 8th. Crawford will also be a great role player, averaging 15.1 pts, and 4.2 assists.

Finally, in 1999, the Bulls drafted a decent amount of win. With the first overall, they drafted Elton Brand. Even though plagued by injury, Brand is an all-star caliber player. Also, with the 16th pick, the Bulls selected Ron Artest, arguably the best defensive player in the league. Good draft.

Recapping, the Bulls would have a very solid starting 5, with a good bench.

PG - Derrick Rose (16.6 PPG, 6.2 AST, 3.6 TRB)
SG - Ben Gordon (18.4 PPG, 3.0 AST)
SF - Ron Artest (16.0 PPG, 5.1 TRB)
PF - Elton Brand (20.0 PPG, 10.1 TRB)
C - LaMarcus Aldridge (15.1 PPG, 6.7 TRB)
6 - Roger Mason (7.2 PPG)
7 - Kirk Hinrich (14.0 PPG, 6.2 AST)
8 - Jamal Crawford (15.1 PPG, 4.2 AST)
9 - Eddy Curry (13.5 PPG, 5.2 TRB)
10 - Chris Duhon (7.8 PPG)
edit: Joakim can be thrown in there somewhere now.

Wow I wish they had kept their draft picks. Good stuff.

Any Comments? Give me a better lineup draft wise.

I made this thread on VSN in March of last year. Just thought I'd post here for Bulls fans. A but unrealistic but whatever.
 
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well u have to consider by making every move they do, it changes what will happen the next year.
 

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first of all, if we didn't trade Aldridge, we wouldn't have gotten Rose as the #1 pick.

second of all, I don't know if that above team would win 50 games...
 

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well u have to consider by making every move they do, it changes what will happen the next year.

Exactly...which is what makes this silly.

BTW, when I look at this, I dont get "our front office is stupid for letting X, Y, and Z go. What I get out of this is, "wow, theyve done a pretty decent job drafting." Id especially say that about the current regime.
 

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Agreed with the posters above. With each move or non-move, the results vary each season. While i hate that we got rid of guys like Artest, Brand, BG, etc. Im so happy that we have a potential superstar in Rose and an emerging star in Noah, who combined could bring us a top FA in about a month. Ive never in my life been so excited about Bulls basketball.
 

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Hindsight is 20/20.

The Lakers get no championships if the Charlotte Hornets don't trade Kobe to LA.

its all speculation

and lol@the hornets
what were they thinking
 

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This idea is Special person.

I'll dig up the thread at TGL and post it here....
 

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Recapping, the Bulls would have a very solid starting 5, with a good bench.

PG - Derrick Rose (16.6 PPG, 6.2 AST, 3.6 TRB)
SG - Ben Gordon (18.4 PPG, 3.0 AST)
SF - Ron Artest (16.0 PPG, 5.1 TRB)
PF - Elton Brand (20.0 PPG, 10.1 TRB)
C - LaMarcus Aldridge (15.1 PPG, 6.7 TRB)
6 - Roger Mason (7.2 PPG)
7 - Kirk Hinrich (14.0 PPG, 6.2 AST)
8 - Jamal Crawford (15.1 PPG, 4.2 AST)
9 - Eddy Curry (13.5 PPG, 5.2 TRB)
10 - Chris Duhon (7.8 PPG)
edit: Joakim can be thrown in there somewhere now.

Wow I wish they had kept their draft picks. Good stuff.

Any Comments? Give me a better lineup draft wise.

I made this thread on VSN in March of last year. Just thought I'd post here for Bulls fans. A but unrealistic but whatever.
Ok.

Special person.

1. You have Eddy Curry STILL on the team. That means that if Curry is on the team that Aldridge and Noah can't be there as those players were chosen with picks the Bulls got for getting rid of Curry.

2. Jamal Crawford wasn't even drafted by the Bulls. The Bulls drafted Chris Mihm and sent him to the Cavs in a draft day trade for Crawford.

3. If the Bulls don't dump Artest and Brand you aren't in the position to draft Curry/Chandler so there's no promise that the Bulls even have Curry on the team to complete the trade mentioned in point #1.

4. How in the blue hell do you expect a team with: Brand, Artest, Gordon, Deng, Hinrich, Aldridge, Crawford, etc to be anywhere near the draft lottery to even have a chance at taking Rose?
 

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there would have to be some extreme underperforming
 

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I maintain that Ben Gordon was very overrated and I'm so happy he's gone.
 

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It was all speculation if they somehow got all their draft picks and kept them. It's fun to look at what teams would look like if they kept solely the players they drafted.
 

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It was all speculation if they somehow got all their draft picks and kept them. It's fun to look at what teams would look like if they kept solely the players they drafted.

Ok then Jamal Crawford would not have even been on the team...

If they "keep" Curry then there is no way they have Aldidge....or Noah....

It makes no sense at all. So no , it's not fun to look at. It just makes you look Special person.
 

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first of all, if we didn't trade Aldridge, we wouldn't have gotten Rose as the #1 pick.

second of all, I don't know if that above team would win 50 games...

I absolutely agree. People have to remember if none of this happened Rose and Noah wouldnt have fallen into Paxons lap. Right now he cannot screw this second chance up. :bulls:
 

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