When the Chicago Bulls are put on the clock to make a selection at No. 11 in tonight's NBA Draft, they'll be faced with a collection of undesirable options.
Donovan Clingan, whom the frontcourt-starved Bulls covet, will already be off the board. The four other college studs with an above-average chance of translating to the NBA -- Stephon Castle, Dalton Knecht, Reed Sheppard, and Cody Williams -- will also be gone.
It's even likely that the G-League's Ron Holland, arguably worth taking a risk on, will have been swooped up.
Unfortunately for Chicago, the best players available at No. 11 will be guards, which is not an area of need for the Bulls after adding Josh Giddey to a backcourt that already features Coby White and Ayo Dosunmu.
Chicago's guard corps will be even more crowded if any of DeMar DeRozan, Zach LaVine, or Lonzo Ball are on the Bulls' depth chart come October.
Simply put, Chicago doesn't need guards.
Even if the Bulls were open to drafting one more ballhandler, none of Devin Carter, Jared McCain, or Isaiah Collier jump off the page as extreme talents worth drafting with a lottery selection.
It's become clear that the Bulls should trade their No. 11 pick, particularly if they can receive 2025 draft capital in return.
The 2025 NBA Draft is loaded with talent. The Brooklyn Nets certainly know it, which is the main reason why they just unloaded their best player for a wealth of 2025 picks.
If Chicago is looking to rebuild through the draft, it should begin doing so in 2025, not tonight.
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