Chicago Bulls
(13-37, last in Central, 20 games back)
DRAFT PICKS: (#1, #16, #32, #49)

1999   D R A F T   C H O I C E S Round Pick Player Pos College 1 1 Elton Brand PF Duke 1 16 Ron Artest SF/2G St. John's (NY) 2 32 Michael Ruffin PF Tulsa 2 49 Lari Ketner PF/C Massachusetts

T E A M   S T R E N G T H S Few expectations Draft picks (#1, #16) Salary Cap Room W E A K N E S S E S Offense Identity Experience - no MJ, Pippen, Rodman, Phil Jackson Rebounding C H A N G E S Is this Kukoc's team? Will fans continue to buy tickets? N E E D S Big-time scorer Big man Point Guard N O T E S: Bulls averaged only 81.9 ppg, the lowest in NBA history, shattering the old mark by 5.6 ppg Finished in the bottom-five in the league in scoring (29th), field goals percentage (29th), three-point shooting (27th) and rebounding (26th) Scored 100+ points only three times (3-0) and shot 50% or better only twice (2-0) Sold out every home game Were 0-32 when they trailed entering the fourth quarter 14 different players started a game for Chicago and Mario Bennett (who appeared in three games) was the only player not to start Toni Kukoc led the Bulls in scoring, rebounding and assists...the last Bull to do that was Michael Jordan in 1985 Four rookies played at least 29 games...last year, only two rookies played at all (Rusty LaRue and Keith Booth) and they combined for only 20 games The Bulls will have the number one pick for the first time in its history Kukoc scored 32 points on opening night and it would be the only game in which the Bulls had a player break 30 points F I R S T   R O U N D   P I C K S   I N   T H E   9 0 ' S 1990 - None 1991 - Mark Randall, F/C (26) 1992 - Byron Houston, F (27) 1993 - Corie Blount, F (25) 1994 - Dickey Simpkins, F (21) 1995 - Jason Caffey, F (20) 1996 - Travis Knight, C (29) 1997 - Keith Booth, F (28) 1998 - Corey Benjamin, G (28) P L A Y E R S   B Y   P O S I T I O N Small Forwards Toni Kukoc Keith Booth Jeff Sanders Power Forwards Dickey Simpkins Kornel David Centers Bill Wennington Mark Bryant Andrew Lang Point Guards Randy Brown Charles Jones Rusty LaRue Shooting Guards Brent Barry Ron Harper Corey Benjamin Corey Carr F R E E   A G E N T S 1999 Bryant Wennington Harper Lang Brown (TO) Sanders Simpkins Carr (TO) 2000 Booth Kukoc Brown LaRue Carr David C. Jones 2001

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