It didn't seem like it was going to be the Bulls day that Tuesday in 2008 in Secaucus for the NBA Draft Lottery. Nobody really wanted to drag out to New Jersey to sit on a stage and get the ninth, perhaps 10th pick in the NBA draft. That seemed the Bulls fate after a disastrous 33-49 season, a 16-game decline and missing the playoffs after a nice run of three straight appearances following the long post-championship drought.
"I was sent because the odds of us getting the first pick in the draft or anything of consequence were remote, a 1.