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Doesn't work that way. He has little leverage if a team before the Sox drafts him.

I think you're giving too much credit to this FO. The biggest offense was resigning Mirotic when their goal was to tank and rebuild. This is a well known symptom with the Bulls for many years, that they simply cannot let average players go for nothing, even though it doesn't align with the goal of the team. Which is why I fully expect them to overpay and retain Lavine. Had we not had the Mirotic effect, we likely be looking at a 1st or 2nd pick. When it's all said and done, but we effectively moved up from 37th pick to the 22nd pick while taking on $14M future salary. But moved up from the worst record to the 6/7th worst. Second biggest offense is after we lucked into getting Bell at a spot much lower than most expected him to go, we sold him for cash considerations. General consensus was this is a bad move at the time (not revisionist history). Bell now looks like the next Clint Capela with maybe even more impact defensively and a better passer. I wouldn't be surprised if he was a top 10-15 pick this draft. Third biggest offense was poor talent evaluation and overpaid for Felicio who has only shown glimpse of potential but as the same time limitations. The worst part is locking him up for 4 years. I'm also surprised they couldn't at least get rid of Holiday, or even Lopez, but I will cut them some slack on this one. So had these moves not screwed up for us, we'd like be looking at a core of Bell/Lauri/Doncic/Dunn with money for 2 max players this and next year. I'll give credit to them for hitting the the Lauri pick and buying low on Dunn. But they haven't gotten much right for this rebuild ever since.

This. It's like we're coming down to the end of the signing period, and we have no intention of using the extra money, so why not just give someone a nice hunk of overslot money. I find this quite annoying, as I pointed out, Walker is the only one in his circumstances signed for that much.

Assuming we do sign Madrigal for $6M, and Martin is a $75K hit against pool, we can give up to $650K to one of the HS picks. That's firm 3rd round money in even factoring in inflation 3 years from now. I think we have a strong chance at say Bryce Bush if Madrigal is underslot.

Looking at the signing bonus of the top 10 below, I fully expect Madrigal to be an underslot. $6M seems like a good estimate. Also interesting that the only guys signed for $2M or greater after round 1 are HS kids you have to pry away from colleges. Given Walker isn't universally viewed as a 1st round pick, it surprised me a bit we ended up paying of 1st round money for him. http://www.spotrac.com/mlb/draft/

He had a sprained thumb ligament, but said himself has also been bothered by wrist soreness. I am not sure when or how that came aboutl

If you don’t think the universal title change is a big deal, then Raw isn’t for you. Whether you like Lesnar or not, he only lost like once in 4 years. The next person to beat him is a big deal. The fact that the title hasn’t changed hands in 500 days is a big deal. (Main title change doesn’t happen often these days, even over at SDL.) Simply put, the universal title is going to elevate certain guys into much more credible performers. Some guys need it, guys who aren’t as protected (like Balor, Elias, or Rollins), some guys don’t, guys who are heavily protected (like Stroman, Lesnar, Reigns, Cena).

They drafted an 11th round talent with the 7th overall pick.

Raw power does not equate to game power. Players learn to tap into their raw power as they get more experience. If the raw power is there, there is hope that he can hit for more power in the future. A kid with 50 hit tool, 70 raw power and strong plate discipline is not a 6th, 7th round pick.

Are you seriously complaining about a kid who has just played 20 games this year coming back from a hand injury? He literally said last week himself that he's still being bothered by a sore wrist, which forced him to lower his hands and resulted in more ground balls and line drives.

I think Kings might be the only team with cap space that makes sense for Lavine. I was hoping they aren't going to make an offer so Bulls can get a discounted deal on him.

I hope he heals without surgery. But there is no reason to opt for TJS now. Whether he has surgery now or in August he will be out all of next season and will be back by the start of 2020.

You also have to consider his father made close to $100M so he's set for life. That extra bonus isn't his main priority. Reasons for signing with the Sox could be they could guarantee him lots of playing time, given that we were didn't have any high profile signings, or that the new developmental staff we have put in place to help him develop, or that Omar Vizquel has helped pitch the Sox to Tejada himself.

Honestly their best chance is 2020. Pelicans isn't built for the future so he's likely leaving. West is stacked but East looks weak especially if Lebron starts to decline or had moved west. Bulls will be selling the homecoming narrative and at least that will be more enticing than previous attempts. If AD signs, I think we should be in good position to get a 2nd star to join.

All major professional sports have draft from April to June. You can't have it after the baseball season because players have to commit academically if they are to stay in school for another season (That's also why the draft and short season ball starts after the end of school year). You can't have it before the MLB season either because that would push the college season into the winter months.

These two posts greatly sums my issue and frustration with this front office. Doncic was my #1 option, but I also rather have the 4 high ceiling high bust wing players drafted after Carter, or even trade out of this draft to build future assets. But the FO is ok with just drafting safe players in hope of developing the next Jimmy Butler or Taj Gibson. We don't have much to show for in terms of future asset and the current core of this team is pretty low in ceiling as well. Honestly this reminds me of when Sox were not willing to take high risk/high reward players in draft, not willing to spend internationally or invest in analytics department. Maybe the Bulls will eventually follow suit once they see success from the Sixers or Suns rebuild.

I also think had we not able to move up, we should have attempted to move down. Zhaire Smith at 15 would have been a high risk and high reward pick we should make in a rebuild. We could have move back from 7 to 10 to draft Bridges and pick up Phillies' late first or early 2nd. Then trade Bridges to acquire Smith and a completely unprotected 2021 1st. Those are the risks you should be taking as a rebuild team. And Jake is right, I think WCJ and Hutch can contribute right away, and we will be close to top 10 than top 5 next year.

You basically have to get Orlando's blessing in this trade, that they're willing to take WCJ, Dunn, and 22nd, while not drafting Young and give a Top 5 protected pick next year. I would have at least like to hear the Bulls made a serious attempt to trade up. Part of the frustration from the fan base all these years is they're not capable of even attempting this type of trade.

7, Portis, and protected 2019 for the #3. But you're right that Orlando seemed like they were PG first and Bamba 2nd. If they were the issue I would have done a 3 way trade where I have Dunn and 22nd going to Orlando, future 1st (top 5 protected) going from Orlando to Hawks, and #3 and #34 going from ATL to Bulls. Dunn is a nice player, but I personally would have given him up for a chance at a star. Again, the risk is Doncic bombs and you're really bad next year and are in Top 5 or even 3 range. But those are chance you take in a rebuild.

The bolded is correct. Their path to championship could have been a top 3 pick, but given both WCJ and Hutchison are high floor players, along with resigning of Lavine, they will not be bad enough to get there.. I think realistically they path to contention was be AD in 2020. I think the better long term move would have been to trade a top 10 protected 2019 pick along with maybe Portis for #3. If Doncic bombs, you're bad enough for maybe a top 5 next season. If Doncic is a star as a playmaker, you would have a much better chance to bring AD home in 2020. While I think WCJ over MPJ is the correct move, I also think not taking a risk at Doncic is the incorrect move.

Robinson, Bates-Diop, and Trent Jr are the only guys I will take a flier at at this point. Don't mind if they do.

Sorry I don't think the Bulls will be bad enough to be in top 5. We will resign Lavine because GarPax is risk averted and devoid of any creativity. We will be in the 7 to 11 range is my guess.

Given how I have ranted about how predictable the Bulls are, I will given one more prediction tonight. we will buy a 2nd round pick this year after the PR nightmare from last year, because we do have the capital this year.

We will let the cap space go to waste just as we let our multiple TPEs go to waste. This is not a risk taking organization.

We will be back to where we were 2 years ago in 2 years, in NBA hell and a 1st or 2nd round exit team. Seriously I felt dumb for giving this FO a chance. Not too long ago they were so risk averted and uncreative they couldn't get a 2nd playmaker next to Rose. Same with Butler, we signed a couple of has been's because they were available to us. The same thing we're seeing with this rebuild. We just cannot get creative or take risks to get us a star player we desperately need. Same old shit here.