WRG 2012 Mock Draft - #29 Chicago Bulls

One way or another we need to address our need for a point guard, since Derrick Rose will miss significant time after tearing his ACL. We aren't thrilled with our options of finding someone to handle one of the Eastern Conference's best teams with the 29th pick, and Coach Thibodeau is known to bring rookies along slowly.

Another need is someone who can create scoring off the wing, but we think that last year's first round pick, Jimmy Butler, will fill that role in his second year.

Instead of going the point guard route, we see a guy who can handle the ball, is a veteran, and will fit into a competitive role on our team.

With the 29th pick, the Chicago Bulls select Draymond Green, F, Michigan State

This is what a mature player looks like.

Draymond Green is a do-it-all forward who can play point forward, helping to alleviate our need for a point guard. He's a heady, mature player who we feel can give us significant minutes immediately, instead of us drafting someone with flaws who will never play under Coach Thibodeau.

WRG 2011 Mock Draft - #30 Chicago Bulls

With the 28th pick, we got our creator. Now with the 30th pick, we want a shooter. Someone who can spot up on the 3 point line and hit hit the open jumper when the ball gets kicked out to him. It's very simple. We just want someone who can hit open jumpers.

Good thing for us there is a big man available who can hit shots all the way out to the 3 point line. He's unlike any other big man on our team in that regards. He'll score easy points off the pick and pop.

The Bulls select Justin Harper.

Rich what? Richmond!

WRG 2011 Mock Draft - #28 Chicago Bulls

We haven't done a very good job surrounding Derrick Rose with offensive weapons. We need more players who can create their own shot and take the pressure off him.

Even though DRose is the MVP, it's tough when our go to play is "give the ball to Derrick and let him create". We need to better surround him with players who compliment his game. We need players who can fill it up from deep or create their own shot.

Here's an under the radar prospect who was one of the best scorers in the nation, and did most of his damage on isolation plays. A guy who we can put on the court with DRose, or let him spell him and create for the second unit. Charles Jenkins will increase the career of our franchise player and help him in the long run, as well as help this team immediately.

Now with retractable jaw!

WRG 2010 Mock Draft - #17 Chicago Bulls

In the grand scheme of things, this draft ranks very low on our off-season priorities. Trying to lure Lebron or Dwyane to Chicago is a much bigger deal. We'll deal with that when the time comes, though.

For now, we want some backcourt depth. Preferably a scoring guard off the bench. Tom Thibodeau is our new head coach, and he's defensive minded, so naturally we'll draft someone with a more offensive game. Yea, we're a screwy front office, let's just throw that out there now.

We want a player who can stretch the defensive and score from anywhere on the court. We see one player with those skills who we loved due to his NCAA tournament performance. We know he can play on the big stage, and in Chicago, you need that.

We select Jordan Crawford from Xavier. Now when we sign Lebron, LBJ won't have to worry about getting dunked on.

Where's Lebron?

WRG Mock Draft #26: Chicago Bulls

With our last pick, we bolstered our frontcourt by adding some toughness and bulk. We love how active we are up front.

Now we have to face a hard reality. We have been dancing with Ben Gordon for years. We offered him a huge contract that he (unwisely, it turns out) rejected, and ever since our relationship has been a bit - um - uncomfortable.

We have a pretty nice roster, and, frankly there are some players we would like to draft and stash in Europe for a while.

But what has happened here is that a player we were prepared to draft at #16 has fallen to us here, and he is such a nice fit for us that we think he could equal a few wins this season - with lots of room for future development. We think it would be positively irresponsible to let this opportunity go. We would love to save some bucks in the short term, but passing up an inexpensive player we can control for several years who we feel will be starter quality is something we think is just bad business.

So we hedge our bets and take our gift - a sweet-shooting, big-time combo guard that could either compliment or be a natural replacement for Ben Gordon.

The Chicago Bulls select Jeff Teague. We know it would cost us if we didn't.

Is the zero for gravity - or players with him in the green room?

The Memphis Grizzlies are on the clock.

WRG Mock Draft: #16, Chicago Bulls

It was a good year for the Chicago Bulls. We hit it big in the draft with Derrick Rose, who was the top rookie in a stellar class. We made the playoffs despite a lot of injuries and a novice head coach - and when we got there, our team competed hard and played a tough, memorable series with the defending champs. And now we can finally start planning for our future because there will be a resolution to the Ben Gordon situation that's plagued us for years.

Even if we have to replace Gordon, our team has a glaring weakness - toughness up front - that we feel must be addressed in this draft. We have a lot of athletic, active forwards, but none of them can operate in the paint. We need some bulk inside.

At this point, there are two choices we feel are worthy of this selection. We like DeJuan Blair. He is an extremely strong rebounder and defensive presence who compliments our frontcourt players nicely. He is shorter than we'd like, but it isn't a dealbreaker for us. We feel his incredible standing reach and his brute strength will allow him to do the job just fine. We feel the drawbacks with him are the long-term health of his knees and his conditioning. We don't think he can play the kind of minutes we need at full effectiveness, even though he has slimmed down in the last few months. We also can't find his ACLs on the scans we have of his knees, and that is a dealbreaker for us.

That leaves our board with only one name, and it's not a coincidence he played for the country's most successful college program. We love drafting winners, and this guy it's virtually impossible to find a bigger one than this guy. We also feel he is an underrated athlete and like that he has a decent offensive game. The Bulls haven't had anyone for years that could score inside, and we think he can take advantage of some matchups we can create for him down there. He isn't the rebounder or defender Blair is, but he isn't bad in those areas, either. In our view, the tradeoff for the better offense and durability is worth it.

The Bulls select "Psycho T", Tyler Hansbrough - the only guy we know of in this draft who had his jersey hanging from the rafters of his college gym last season.

You should see the other guy.

The Philadelphia 76ers are on the clock.