The Chicago Bulls had the 29th overall pick in the 2012 NBA Draft. This was the draft after Derrick Rose tore the ACL in his left knee and the Bulls weren’t sure when their MVP would be returning to action.
So, instead of taking soon-to-be All-Star and do-it-all forward Draymond Green late in the first round, the Bulls selected Kentucky point guard Marquis Teague, while Green was selected six picks later by the Golden State Warriors.
There were rumored reports that former Bulls head coach Tom Thibodeau and former assistant Ron Adams wanted Green with the 29th pick, Teague never panned out and Green became one of the league’s best players on the league’s most dominant team four years later.