There could not have been a worse year for the Chicago Bulls not to have a pick in the NBA Draft, as the 2023 class is supposed to be loaded. They had a chance to keep their first-rounder, but the draft lottery balls didn’t fall in their favor, and their pick conveyed to the Orlando Magic via the Nikola Vucevic trade.
Chicago still has a chance to trade into the draft, but that could prove to be difficult. They don’t have many assets on the roster outside of their star players, and Arturas Karnisovas has expressed his desire to run back the current core.
