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The hopes for the Chicago Bulls heading into the night of the 2021 NBA Draft Lottery were that this team could get back into the top four to get their first-round pick back. In the trade deadline day deal that got the Bulls star center Nikola Vucevic from the Orlando Magic, the front office had to ship off two first-round draft picks.
That deadline day deal back on March 25 also saw the Bulls send off third-year center Wendell Carter Jr.