Chicago Bulls: Many dominoes left to fall before the NBA DraftPatrick Sheldonon August 22, 2020 at 1:00 pm

That is in a typical year. However, this is not a typical year for the Bulls. For a variety of reasons, trying to guess who the Bulls will select in October is almost impossible.

For starters, they just recently parted ways with their head coach Jim Boylen, and while the move was the right one, it still creates a vacancy that needs to be filled. At this point, we have no idea who that candidate will be or what style of basketball they or Arturas Karnisovas want to play. Of course, the style of play will dictate to a large degree the player pool they will target in the draft.

Moreover, without knowing the style of the new head coach, it’s impossible to say whether each of the players currently on the roster fit. We know that in the past Lauri Markkanen and Zach LaVine have expressed some unhappiness with the team and rumors have swirled about whether they would be traded.

Granted, a lot of that discontent can be attributed to Boylen, so his departure, in theory, would appear to resolve that. However, what if they disagree with the new coach’s approach? Alternatively, what if they don’t fit the coach’s style?