denver was targeting zhaire, and didn't expect porter to even be there @ 14. so when he fell, they scooped him with the intention of trading down.

they called washington (15) and milwaukee (17) to try to make something happen and pick up an extra asset but when zhaire came off the board at 16 it became moot and they kind of got stuck with porter. bulls couldn't have gotten in that convo with the 22, zhaire was long gone by then.

idk man, 13 teams got to take a look at the guy's medicals and said nope, we good. including the guy who was telling anyone who would listen in '96 that a 17 y.o. kobe bryant would end up being one of the GOATs. THAT guy passed on porter, TWICE.

that says it all for me. bulls fans gotta let that shit go at some point. way too big of a reach to take with other perfectly fine players still on the board.