With so much undetermined, most expert s mock drafts include the same players, but no one seems to agree on the order. A few, including the Tribune s Sam Smith , have the Bulls taking Shane Battier of Duke. Others predict Seton Hall s Eddie Griffin will fall to the Bulls at No. 4. He only played one year in college but considered heading straight to the NBA out of high school. Michigan State sophomore Jason Richardson is a big guard and plays tough defense.
Risk is the key word here.
With the NBA getting younger and younger every year, teams really have to do some homework and hope they get lucky down the road. This year, Thornwood s Eddy Curry, Tyson Chandler from Compton, Calif., and Kwame Brown could all go very early-very early. The Tribune s Skip Bayless says manchild DeSagana Diop out of Oak Hill Academy in Virginia should be included in this group and thinks the Bulls would be silly to pass him up. And a player who could contribute immediately would be nice. It s just tough to tell if this draft will produce it.