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The Chicago Bulls passed on Mobley, Lewis to draft a player cooked by MJ

In the 1998 NBA Draft, the Chicago Bulls would select a former Oregon State Beaver late in the first round, 28th overall. That 1998 first round draft pick of the Bulls was shooting guard Corey Benjamin, who never made much of an actual impact on the floor. Actually, what Benjamin is most famous for over the course of his rather short NBA career was getting burned by the Bulls all-time great shooting guard Michael Jordan in 1999.

The year after MJ retired, he wound up facing Benjamin in a one-on-one game at practice.