[外電] 公牛近年的選秀評比

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Bulls near top of class in draft success http://tinyurl.com/6f3fyvn By K.C. Johnson, Chicago Tribune reporter Paxson-Forman team has had big hits, solid picks and few misses since 2003 Anyone ready for the Travis Knight era to begin? How about the Keith Booth regime or the forever unnecessarily cocky career of Corey Benjamin? All were late first-round picks during the Bulls' six-title dominance in the 1990s. And while last season's surprising 62-victory dash to the Eastern Conference finals didn't result in a championship, it did net the Bulls' the final first-round pick in Thursday's NBA draft at No. 30. They added the 28th pick when they dumped James Johnson on the Raptors at last February's trade deadline. Late first-round success can happen. Taj Gibson, selected 26th in 2009, is Exhibit A. (Mark Randall, picked 26th in 1991, is not.) But Gibson is why it's worth analyzing the draft performances from the John Paxson-Gar Forman era. Thursday will mark their ninth draft since Paxson succeeded Jerry Krause in 2003. The Bulls, who also own the 43rd overall pick (13th in the second round), have been busy. Along with Matt Lloyd, the team's director of college scouting, and the entire coaching and scouting staffs, Paxson and Forman have worked out upward of 35 players at the Berto Center and traveled to group workouts to scout others. Forman will address reporters Tuesday. In his only comments thus far about offseason needs, the general manager targeted outside shooting, which is why it's likely at least one wing player will be added. The Bulls, according to team and league sources, have been impressed by Hofstra's Charles Jenkins, Butler's Shelvin Mack, Richmond's Justin Harper and Duke's Kyle Singler, among others. Management would drool if Providence shooting guard Marshon Brooks dropped to them. Just as when Gibson did in 2009. 2003 Storyline: The Bulls were targeting athletic wingmen Mickael Pietrus or Jarvis Hayes with their seventh pick. And then Jay Williams suffered a career-ending motorcycle accident one week before the draft. Enter Kirk Hinrich. The Bulls also engaged in serious trade talks with the Raptors to try to trade up to select Dwyane Wade and added Mario Austin and Tommy Smith in the second round. The Bulls also drafted Matt Bonner in the second round and sent him to the Raptors for a future second-round pick. Analysis: Hinrich had a solid seven-season run with the Bulls. Austin and Smith never made the NBA. That the Bulls worked out Wade twice, knew the Heat would select him at No. 5 and aggressively tried to get the Raptors' fourth pick spoke well of management's ability to project draft talent. So did management's ability to adjust quickly in the wake of Williams' accident. Grade: A-minus. 2004 Storyline: The Bulls added a second lottery pick the day before the draft and spent draft day trolling for trades for a veteran, including then-Pacer Al Harrington. When the dust settled, they drafted Ben Gordon at No. 3 and Luol Deng at No. 7. They later added Chris Duhon in the second round. Analysis: Hard to argue with a draft that nets three starting-caliber players and an ownership that spends $3 million to buy a second lottery pick. (The Bulls also sent second-round pick Jackson Vroman and a future first-round pick to the Suns for Deng's rights.) Deng remains a high-quality player. Gordon did for his five-season run in Chicago before signing with the Pistons. And Duhon, who had four steady seasons, remains a rotational player after leaving. Grade: A. 2005 Storyline: Thanks to the previous season's acquisition of Deng and Krause's 2000 trade for Bryce Drew, the Bulls had no draft picks for the first time in the franchise's 39-year history. Grade: N/A. 2006 Storyline: The Bulls traded the draft rights of LaMarcus Aldridge, whom they took second, and a future second-round pick to the Trail Blazers for the draft rights to Tyrus Thomas, the fourth pick, and Viktor Khryapa. The Bulls then sent 16th overall pick Rodney Carney, a future second-round pick and $1 million to the 76ers for the draft rights to Thabo Sefolosha, picked 13th. Analysis: Can Khryapa be blamed? Management strayed for the first time from its philosophy of going for proven college players after Thomas' athleticism wowed them. Aldridge would have solved the power forward problems for years. Sefolosha played OK for 2 1/2 seasons before getting traded to the Thunder for the first-round pick that became Gibson. Grade: D. 2007 Storyline: The first Paxson-Forman draft that didn't involve a trade. They added Joakim Noah with the ninth pick and Aaron Gray and JamesOn Curry in the second round. Analysis: Credit has to be given for taking Noah over Spencer Hawes, the debate that dominated draft night. Gray provided two seasons of serviceable backup play before getting traded to the Hornets for the useless Devin Brown. Curry never made it. Grade: B. 2008 Storyline: Paxson wasn't even watching the draft lottery that May 20 until it was clear the Bulls had moved up from their slotted ninth spot. When the Nos. 11-7-9-13 came up, the Bulls had parlayed ridiculous 1.7 percent odds to win the No. 1 pick. That netted Derrick Rose, who became the youngest most valuable player in league history. Adding the draft rights to Omer Asik in a trade of Sonny Weems and three second-round picks to the Nuggets put the cherry on the sundae. Analysis: It's easy now to look back and say Rose was the easy choice. In many ways he was. But many in the fan base clamored for a proven scorer in Michael Beasley. And teams can miss on the No. 1 pick. Think Greg Oden over Kevin Durant. Getting Asik won't be the franchise's best European second-round addition ever. Krause gets that credit with Toni Kukoc. But it's still a shrewd move. Grade: A-plus. 2009 Storyline: The Bulls were in best-player-available mode at Nos. 16 and 26. Johnson's athleticism intrigued them. Gibson's defensive acumen wowed them. Analysis: This won't be complete until this year's No. 28 pick is made because that's what Johnson became. On picks, though, they shot 50 percent. Grade: B-minus. 2010 Storyline: The Bulls drafted French project Kevin Seraphin and promptly traded his draft rights to the Wizards along with cash and Hinrich for the draft rights to Vladimir Veremeenko — and the right to try to woo Wade and LeBron James in free agency. Analysis: The Bulls went all in for free agency, dumping Hinrich for merely additional salary-cap space. That James and Wade went with Chris Bosh to Miami made the execution spotty. They recovered to sign Carlos Boozer and role players that took them to a league-best 62 victories but no title. Grade: B-minus. -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 216.165.246.228

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