Muller: The 2011 NBA Draft Was Boring At Best
The 2011 NBA Draft came and went Thursday night without much excitement at all. Well, I rarely get excited about any draft--no matter the sport--but Thursday night was just so...blah.
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The 2011 NBA Draft came and went Thursday night without much excitement at all. Well, I rarely get excited about any draft--no matter the sport--but Thursday night was just so...blah.
There was a time when Jimmy Butler didn't have a home. Considering he now has one in the NBA, he sure has come a long way.
They sure looked on top of things, that four-man panel in the Prudential Center in Newark last night, a tableau of expertise and awareness, presiding over the 2011 NBA draft with gravitas and control.
It was far from sexy but the Bulls came away satisfied with their draft as they landed Nikola Mirotic and Jimmy Butler.
The Chicago Bulls drafted 6-7 guard/forward Jimmy Butler from Marquette with the 30th overall pick in the NBA Draft Thursday night.
The Chicago Bulls traded the No. 28 and No. 43 draft picks to the Minnesota Timberwolves for the draft rights to 6-10 forward Nikola Mirotic.
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The Bulls want to trade their two first round draft picks (28th and 30th overall) for a veteran player or an earlier first round pick.
Try as they might to make a trade, the Bulls will likely end up using both their first round picks. Currently the Bulls have picks 28 and 30 in the opening round, and it's beyond rare to get an impact player that far down.
Three of the Bulls most important players were drafted over the last four years: Joakim Noah, Derrick Rose, and Taj Gibson. With two picks at the end of Thursday night's first round, the Bulls look to add another piece to a title contending team.
