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Watching the Spurs land Victor Wembanyama while remembering Chicago’s joy over landing Derrick Rose

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The Spurs won the draft lottery Tuesday night, earning them the opportunity to take coveted center Victor Wembanyama.

If you’re a Bulls fan and found yourself getting wistful while witnessing the elation that San Antonio felt Tuesday night after nabbing the right to take 7-foot-4 phenom Victor Wembanyama in the draft, few people would blame you. That was Chicago once. That was you once.

Fifteen years ago, the Bulls shockingly won the NBA’s draft lottery, nabbing the first overall pick with a minuscule 1.7% chance of doing so. The city was bruised the next day from pinching itself so much.