The Bulls aren’t leading their conference or division as they prepare to host the Charlotte Hornets Friday in the United Center. In the Bulls 5-3 start, the team isn’t leading in scoring or defense. But there is one important category the Bulls are leading the NBA: the building of the team through the draft. That’s because the evolution of the NBA continues to lean more toward the importance of the draft over free agency.
Although free agency produces the biggest headlines and it was one story Tuesday when the Oklahoma City Thunder and 2016 free agent Kevin Durant played in Washington, which is Durant’s home, the results of free agency have been short of expectations.