Bulls need to start thinking differently about rebuild; look to trade

It’s still way too early to call the experiment a complete failure but it is time to start re-evaluating the thought behind it.Not that the bottom-half teams of the NBA talent pool were wrong in the strategy on paper. However, as often in analytics and letting too many of the nerds in, paper doesn’t take into account human nature and feel.It doesn’t fully weigh the competitive side of a Norman Powell.The Bulls need to and soon.Like a handful of franchises, the Bulls looked at the new 3-2-1 draft lottery system and realized finishing in the bottom three was now rolling snake eyes, while positions 4-10 were the sweet spot. The NBA wanted to discourage tanking so the first seven teams outside the bottom three have the best odds at the No. 1 pick. The bottom three have the same odds (5.4%) as play-in teams.The other important caveat in the new system is a team cannot win the No. 1 overall pick in back-to-back seasons and can’t be in the top five three consecutive years.It was the NBA sayin