Will a lottery pick even help at this point?

[treyZz]

Although this team sucks - they're still going to win enough games to keep us from getting a top 5 pick.. Which means we most likely won't get a franchise player via the draft. Which is a problem.

If we end up picking say 9-12; is it even going to help us? Assuming we draft a backcourt player like Budinger - how is he going to get minutes? With Hinrich, Gordon, Thabo, etc.. And if we add a front court player how is that player supposed to get minutes with Tyrus, Noah, Wallace, Smith, Gray etc..

I don't see a lot of scenario's where Pax can actually keep the pick. Unless, he's just going to collect another trading chip.

How many more assets does Paxson need to collect before he actually makes a trade?

[Bluewaterheaven]

Well lets see we are competing for the 7th - 10th pick right now... If we some how get the seventh spot in the lottery and luck helps us, like the Blazers last year by getting a top three, well then yeah I think it will help us alot.

And rightnow Mayo is ranked like what tenth? He loos like a project right now, but I think he will bud into a real superstar.

[Bullsville]

NO.

As long as we have a coach who has no clue how to use the talent we have, it doesn't matter how much talent we have.

And if we were to land Gordon or Mayo, they would ride the bench behind Duhon, obviously.

[Ben]

I think that if you take high school players out of the equation (since they can no longer be drafted), guards have been the the players who, if drafted outside of the top 5, have had the best % of becoming stars. SFs would be close. We don't need a SF, so I would say that if we want to roll the dice we trade one of Kirk and BG (I would rather trade Kirk) and go for a guard who might become a real star.

Of course, I'm just throwing stuff out there b/c I don't know what else to say and feel like puking.

[topper09]

NO..

We don't need anymore youth.. It might help if we make a trade and trade the pick for an ALL-STAR.. Something the Bulls haven't had since 1998

[Bulls69]

Only if the Bulls draft some low post scoring.

[topper09]

Only if the Bulls draft some low post scoring.

Richard Hendrix from Alabama is a beast with lots of Low post moves.

[Rerisen]

Tank. Get high pick (won't be top 3). Package pick with other assets for proven talent.

I think we have seen enough to know that we don't need another young player that needs to be developed by this organization.

[topper09]

Why do the Bulls continue to be a farm team that produces great talent. Problem is.. By the time the talent grows, it explodes somewhere other than Chicago !!!!!

[bre9]

Nope this team is in a deep hole with many flaws.

[Hold That]

If we don't get into the top 5, we have to try to package Kirk or Ben Gordon and our pick to move up to get either Beasely,Rose, or Gordon.

[Posey H8er]

I'll be the pessimist and say that the star(s) that we are looking for will be taken in the draft before we pick. We will most likely be close to playoff contention, otherwise known as no man's land. Mayo and others will be gone by then.

I may be wrong, and we may do worse than I expect. In that case, we will obviously have a better shot at getting someone like Batum. Luck may also play a factor. We haven't ever really had it in these drafts.

[richard]

NO..

We don't need anymore youth.. It might help if we make a trade and trade the pick for an ALL-STAR.. Something the Bulls haven't had since 1998

i said this after the 2005-2006 season. funny how it still applies today.

[Mr. Tibbs]

we've had 2 lotto picks in the last 2 years and they haven't helped all that much..i dn why another would do it.

I think its just a crapshoot but the way i see it..making the playoffs is always a good thing. Experience plus value of players goes up. If we make the playoffs i feel like we could do more with our players in terms of trading than we could if we're a lotto team.