NBA: Regrading every first round pick from the 2018 NBA Draft

NBA: Re-grading every first round pick from the 2018 NBA Draft

NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 21: NBA Commissioner Adam Silver (C) poses with NBA Draft Prospects Trae Young, Marvin Bagley III, Deandre Ayton and Luka Doncic before the 2018 NBA Draft at the Barclays Center on June 21, 2018 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Mike Lawrie/Getty Images) /

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2018 NBA draft: Re-grading Pick Number 22. Chandler Hutchison: D

Getting closer to the end of the first round tends to be something of a crapshoot so missing on these picks can usually be forgiven. Chandler Hutchison has not amounted to much of yet and finds himself struggling to make the rotation for his second NBA team. For the Chicago Bulls, this was the perfect example of a draft that a rebuilding franchise needs to walk away with something positive and ultimately everything turned out flat.

The team had Kris Dunn, Zach LaVine, Lauri Markkanen and Bobby Portis in place as part of the theoretical young core. Taking a big and wing that could grow with them made some modicum of success. Ultimately, Hutchison being a nonexistent threat from deep and not much more on defense is glaring when compared to some of the picks coming up soon. Missed opportunities led to plenty of issues with the end of the Fred Hoiberg era.

No one pick would have fixed what happened during this era of Chicago Bulls basketball. Too many missed opportunities combined with a lack of progression by most of the roster was not owed to one missed number 22 pick. That being said, it would not have hurt to take one of the many shooters left on the board.

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