During his time in Chicago for the NBA draft combine last month, Denzel Valentine made a smart career choice. The Michigan State alum discussed the "versatility" of his game and made reference to his close friend Draymond Green, the Spartan alum who has turned himself into one of the most valuable players in the NBA since being selected in the second round of the 2012 draft. "I thank him every day," Valentine said at the time, in reference to the path Green has paved for players like him coming into the league. The Bulls could have taken Green in that 2012 draft but opted for Marquis Teague instead. (Teague never played any significant minutes for the Bulls and was relegated to the D-League in his second year.) They weren't going to make the same mistake twice with a player they were obviously high on. With Valentine in the fold after being selected with the 14th pick in Thursday's draft, the question in the short term becomes where exactly does Valentine fit in Fred Hoiberg's offense? - See more at:http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/bul...rack-rotation-quickly-as-bulls-rebuild-roster
Not sure if Valentine's acclimation to the league will look more like Draymond or McDermott, but if the Bulls are planning on him cracking the lineup it ought to free up the team to play a non-traditional player at the 1. Him and Jimmy figure to do a lot of the ballhandling, making a bigger, defense oriented player more appropriate as their PG.
Not sure the opening would be at the 1...in fact, I'm not sure that the old 1=PG, 2=SG, etc. thing needs to be applied. It's more about who can defend who. You could see Moore, Valentine and Butler in there together and it'd be hard to put numbers on them.
