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First-round forwards wake-up call for Tyrus?

 

Published 6/27/2009 by BY BRIAN HANLEY bhanley@suntimes.com at Chicago Sun-Times Bulls

A day after the draft, the consensus was the Bulls did well with their two first-round picks, choosing Wake Forest forward James Johnson and USC forward Taj Gibson. Others saw the Bulls trying to rectify the damage done in 2006 draft, in which they took LaMarcus Aldridge with the second overall pick and traded him to the Portland Trail Blazers for Tyrus Thomas and Viktor Khryapa. (link)

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