Chicago Bulls: Hitting the Restart Button

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Chicago Rebuild

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I have decided to try rebuilding a Bulls team. The core currently is broken more than ever with Derrick Rose as the core. I like having Rose on the Bulls, but I want to build a Bulls team with a very consistent core. If you have any suggestions for trades I should try, please comment below. Here is the current Bulls roster for the 2K14 association:

Chicago Bulls Depth Chart - 2014
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
PG	Derrick Rose	Kirk Hinrich	Marquis Teague
SG	Mike Dunleavy	Jimmy Butler
SF	Luol Deng	Tony Snell
PF	Carlos Boozer	Taj Gibson	Erik Murphy
C	Joakim Noah	Nazr Mohammed

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I started the season as of today. Here are the trades I made while simming the season.

Bulls trade: Derrick Rose, 2014 1st Round Pick, Luol Deng, 2015 1st Round Pick
Nuggets trade: Ty Lawson, Kenneth Faried, Danilo Gallinari, Javale McGee

Bulls trade: Joakim Noah, Carlos Boozer, Kirk Hinrich
Pacers trade: Danny Granger, Roy Hibbert

Bulls trade: Jimmy Butler
Jazz trade: 2014 1st Round Pick

Bulls trade: Taj Gibson, Mike Dunleavy
Knicks trade: Tim Hardaway Jr., Andrea Bargnani

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Playoff Seeding (1-8)
East: Heat, Bulls, Nets, Knicks, Pacers, Cavaliers, Wizards, Pistons

West: Spurs, Timberwolves, Clippers, Nuggets, Mavericks, Grizzlies, Trail Blazers, Warriors

The Bulls were eliminated by the Wizards in the first round.

The Spurs met the Grizzlies in the Western Conference Finals and the Heat met the Wizards in the Eastern Conference Finals. The Grizzlies beat the Heat in 7 games to win the NBA Finals.

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Offseason Notes
The Bulls won the 4th pick with the Jazz's pick that Jimmy Butler was traded for. The Bulls traded Javale McGee to the Thunder for the 12th pick in the 2014 NBA Draft.
The Bulls selected Marcus Smart and Julius Randle in the NBA Draft.
The Bulls signed Ray Allen to be a backup for Marcus Smart.
The Bulls started the 2014-15 season #1 in the Power Rankings

Depth Chart going into the 2014-15 season:
PG: Ty Lawson, Marquis Teague
SG: Marcus Smart, Ray Allen, Tim Hardaway Jr.
SF: Danny Granger, Danilo Gallinari, Tony Mitchell
PF: Julius Randle, Kenneth Faried
C: Roy Hibbert, Kendrick Perkins