It’s NBA Draft lottery day. Tonight, coincidentally in Chicago, the NBA will use 14 of the finest ping pong balls in the land to determine the draft order of the non-playoff team slots. Each ping pong ball is numbered 1-14 and then four ping pong balls are selected. Each lottery team is assigned a certain amount of four-number combinations out of the 1,001 possible combinations based on their lottery odds (the Chicago Bulls finished with the fourth-worst record in the NBA last season so they’ll own 12.5 percent of the 1,001 total combinations). Here’s everything you need to know. The When and Where The draft lottery is Tuesday evening at 7:30 central before Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals. Tune in to ESPN to catch all the ‘action’, which is somehow wringing out a half hour of programming out of reading 14 team names. Odds The Chicago Bulls have a 12.5 percent chance of landing the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft after finishing last season with the fourth-worst record in the NBA. The Bulls have a 36.6 percent chance of getting a top three pick, a 48.1 percent chance of securing a top-four pick, and the lowest they could fall is to No. 8. Here’s how it breaks down in terms of the chance each team gets every pick. It’s slightly frightening that the bulls have a 25.7 percent chance of ending up with the No. 6 pick. Bulls Reps: Former player and four-time NBA champion Horace Grant will represent the Chicago Bulls at the NBA lottery. “I’m honored the Bulls chose me to represent the organization because I also feel I’ve had a lot of luck in my life, especially in 1987 when the Bulls picked me in the draft.” Please wear the lucky goggles Horace! Joey Reinsdorf, grandson of Jerry, will witness the lottery drawing backstage. Bulls lottery representatives in the recent past have been Michael Reinsdorf in 2018, Jimmy Butler in 2016, and Rose-winner Executive Vice President of Business Operations Steve Schanwald in 2008. What’s at Stake: The Bulls are in a rebuild and high draft picks are gold. The upcoming draft isn’t deep and in terms of superstar potential it’s a two man draft at least on paper. Everybody wants Zion Williamson at No. 1. Ja Morant would be an amazing pickup for a team that needs point guard help like Chicago. Other point guards expected to go around when the Bulls are picking including Darius Garland from Vanderbilt and Coby White from North Carolina. Remember 2008 In order to get the No. 1 pick and have the privilege of drafting Zion Williamson, the Chicago Bulls need only defy 12.5 percent lottery odds. Simple. In 2008, the Bulls had a 1.7 percent chance of moving up from No. 9 to secure the No. 1 pick. The Bulls used that pick on Derrick Rose who was a franchise changer albeit for only a finite amount of time due to debilitating knee injuries.<doc-sep>“We’ve gone on our board already. And there are more than seven (players) there that we like. Now we have to get in the process of getting to see them and know them and really dissect them. We’ll get to work now.”<doc-sep>The Bulls are downplaying their chances to land the No. 1 or No. 2 pick, for which they own a 12.2 percent chance, in an event that is completely contingent on luck. In a Monday morning interview on the “Mully and Haugh Show” on the team’s flagship station, WSCR-AM 670, Bulls President and Chief Operating Officer Michael Reinsdorf noted how there’s a 51.9 percent chance “that we’ll move back from 4.”<doc-sep>The lottery gods smited (smote?) the Bulls tonight. After finishing the NBA season with the fourth-worst record in the association, the Chicago Bulls will now pick number 7 after the results of the NBA draft lottery tonight. If they don’t make a trade, this will be the third straight year the Bulls pick in the seventh slot. They did select two fine building blocks in those years in Lauri Markannen and Wendell Carter Jr. , but likely not the superstar impact they were hoping for tonight. But hope isn’t a plan! Guys like Dukes Cam Reddish, Texas Tech’s Jarrett Culver, Virginia’s De’Andre Hunter, and Darius Garland and Coby White, the two best point guards available besides Murray’s State’s Ja Morant, are all guys the Bulls could go after. We’ll try to sort through all these players and figure out who the Bulls will pick between now and draft night on June 20. The New Orleans Pelicans, at 6% odds, won the NBA draft lottery and will likely pick Zion Williamson. The Memphis Grizzlies will pick second. Start your mock drafts!<doc-sep>
The NBA Draft has concluded and all eyes are on the Chicago Bulls now. What will they end up doing in the draft? After the long wait, the Chicago Bulls finally know where they will be selecting in the upcoming NBA Draft Lottery. They will be selecting at the seventh overall pick. For the third straight year, the Bulls will pick at number seven. Although they will not be able to add Zion Williamson, they now have another great opportunity to add more young talent to a roster that desperately needs it. The Bulls have Zach LaVine, Lauri Markkanen, Wendell Carter Jr., and Otto Porter. That is it. With another high draft choice, the Bulls can go multiple directions, but they most likely will end up taking a point guard. With Kris Dunn not developing into the player many thought he would be, point guard is now the position of need for the Bulls. Three years in a row: 7th pick is ours.#NBADraftLottery pic.twitter.com/oruk3WP0lK — Chicago Bulls (@chicagobulls) May 15, 2019 By attacking that in both the draft and free agency, the position would be the most improved it has been since Derrick Rose in my opinion. Look out for Darius Garland or Coby White from North Carolina. The Bulls are in a phenomenal position to add more young talent to a roster that needs it, so it can only get better It is definitely an aggravating time for Bulls fans considering that they were projected to have a higher pick, but the lotto balls did not end up going their way, so all focus is now on who they will take at number seven. With the draft only one , onto away, it will not be long before the fanbase knows who will be the next player to wear the Bulls uniform. Even though the Bulls will not get the top pick, the Bulls have done well drafting at the number seven spot. Wendell Carter Jr.and Lauri Markkanen. Let the mock drafts commence!