Bulls consolation prize for losing the coin flip that would have allowed them to draft Magic Johnson in 1979

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/ ... wood-obit/

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good career. doesn't get enough credit. I think Jordan liked him as one of the guys not snorting coke at halftime of games when he first arrived

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Mark Aguirre's first signature move in the NCAA was dunking over that stiff.

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General Jim wears Fort Bragg down... to get it!

Solid player, but he just stopped scoring. Probably my favorite player on the team in that era.

I think they also got Ronnie Lester that year. He was a gamble, and I don't remember him playing at Iowa, but it's too bad he got injured.

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Purgatory. He should have averaged 20 points, especially after the A-Train left.

Rodman will be a first-ballot Heavener because his rebounding and defense were so good, but Greenwood needs to purge his declining offensive production.

"WOE to him that sayeth 10/10 is the same as 20/10. THE LORD will place him in the darkest regions of Sheol. Shoot the ball."

--Numbers 49: 3-4

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Moncrief was the 3rd best player in college after Magic and Bird. Greenwood was alright but I never liked him just because Sid was right there for you at 2. Reggie Theus was the obstacle to the correct pick.

Criminally overlooked. They had some good teams in Milwaukee.

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It's not a given the Bulls take Johnson in '79 if he thumbed his nose at those San Dabs