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Chicago Bulls Draft Day Analysis

 
I am jealous of all these NBA teams making trades and getting big name players while my Bulls keep “building for the future.” I feel like the Bulls have been building for the future for over a decade, oh wait, THEY HAVE! The Bulls draft day started with selecting an over-weight but extremely athletic SF James Johnson from Wake Forest. Think Charles Barkley Bulls fans! Haha, wait, did I trick you? More like a Ryan Gomes type, you may have to Google him. JJ can do a lot of things and Bulls brass really liked his workouts at the Berto Center. And you may enjoy his nasty coast-to-coast dunk on IU feel free to Youtube it. Personally, I enjoy all monster dunks vs. IU. Bulls’ management was not the only team that liked Johnson; various draft websites like him and many NBA execs do too.  He is from a high school in Wyoming and is already 20-0 as a kickboxer and has MMA fight under his belt. JJ is a beast and may help the Bulls immediately since Ben Gordon is most likely on his ... (link)

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