For the hell of it.well at the moment we're 2-0 against the bulls so......
1999 draft - 1 - Elton Brand
--------------16 - Ron Artest
2000 Draft - 4 - Marcus Fizer (WTF!?)
---------------8 - Jamal Crawford - selected by the Cavs. Traded to Chicago.
2001 Draft - 4 - Eddy Curry
---------------2 - Tyson Chandler* -- Elton Brand traded to LA for the rights to Chandler
2002 Draft - 2 - Jay Williams
2003 Draft - 7 - Kirk Hinrich
2004 Draft - 3 - Ben Gordon
2006 Draft - 2 - LaMarcus Aldridge* rights traded to the blazers for Tyrus Thomas and VIktor Khryapa. Thomas later traded for Flip Murray, Acie Law and a future first. To be fair to the bulls, even though they blew this draft the pick was a gift from the Eddy Curry trade. Thanks Isiah.
2007 Draft - 9 - Joakim Noah
2008 Draft - 1 - Derrick Rose
7 times in 9 drafts the Bulls selected players in the top five, 6 times they got players in the top three, and they've selected first overall twice.
And of all those players only two still remain on the team. The last two players to be drafted. So yeah, it's easy to talk shit NOW about the Knicks, but don't forget where the Bulls were just recently. They finally put a team together, but the best they are right now is third overall. If the Knicks make some moves or if Dwight Howard stays in the conference but manages to get Deron Williams to join him the Bulls won't be able to get past the Heat or any team with Dwight plus another star.
Great to see the bulls do well. They actually have players I like in Joakim Noah and Derrick Rose. But right now? They're getting out of the first round and that's IT.
Unless they catch lightning in a bottle that is. But even then there's no way they're going to beat Miami then Boston, or Boston then Miami. Just not happening.