The Chicago Bulls came into the 2023 NBA Draft without a single draft pick. Their first-round pick was painfully owed to the Orlando Magic from the Nikola Vucevic trade, while their second-round pick was long gone after a 2019 deal with the Washington Wizards. It profiled to be a quiet night.
That silence was especially awful because of the many needs throughout the Chicago roster. While the franchise clings to being a perennial pillar of mediocrity, they are unlikely to trade Zach LaVine or DeMar DeRozan. There is a major need for players to fit around them, however, and the Bulls have been short of two-way wings behind and around their stars.