Drafted Perdue, traded him for Rodman
Drafted King, traded him for Longley

He called Chandler the next Garnett. Those were his words. He drafted 2 "Centers of the future" in the same draft. That's terrible.

Krause was a fill-in in charge of the Bulls draft in '76, then GM from '85- early '03.
My thoughts on his #1 draft picks:

'76- Scott May...a bust
'85- Charles Oakley (via trade)...hard nosed aggressive player, but not all-star caliber.
"86- Brad Sellers...huge bust
'87- 2 1st rd.picks Scottie Pippin (via trade).. spectacular player. Jeff Sanders...a bust
'88- Wil Purdue (via trade)...a bust. Bulls trade Oakley and swapped 1st rd. picks with the Knicks. Knicks selected solid NBA playe Rod Strickland (career 18 PER). Bulls also got Bill Cartwright a so-so guy in the regular season, but rose to the occasion in post season.
'89- Stacey King...a bust
'90- traded 1st rd. for trash. Got very good player Toni Kukoc 2nd. Rd.
'91- Mark Randall...a bust
'92- Byron Houston...a bust traded later in the year for bums
'93- Corie Blount ...a bust
'94- Dickey Simpkins...a bust
'95- Jason Caffey- a bust
'96- Travis Knight...a bust
'97- Keith booth...a bust
'98- Corey Benjamin ...a bust
'99- 2 1st. rd. picks Eton Brand, Metta World Peace...solid draft
'00- 3 #1 picks. Marcus's Pfizer, Chris Mihm, Dalibor Bagaric...all bums. Mihn was traded for Jamal Crawford. A solid pro, but after he left the Bulls
'01- Eddie Curry... Soft. Disappointing pick. Traded great player Elton Brand for another disappointing player Tyson Chandler.
'02- Jay Williams...showed signs of brilliance after slow start. Tragic accident ended his career.

I am not going to be a strong supporter of Krause's drafts but try to remember many of the Jordan years he picked near the bottom.

Definitely true. Also, some of the players served their uses. Caffey could play a little, but he and Simpkins were sort of enforcers back when you needed them. The NBA's Mike Pelusos.

Jason Caffey had a 10 year NBA career before he fathered a country and decided to play for the penal system. Not a bust and definitely not a bust from where he was drafted

Dickey had a 9 year NBA career. It was undistinguished but a bust is a guy out of the league after his first contract.

How do you forget about Horace Grant?

Krause lived near me in Highland Park (my house was two down from Pippen's). The image that is seared in my head is below, he is fishing in a man made pond....that didn't have any fish. I remember this picture, or a similar one in the Trib and I had to laugh.

Because he's pushing a dumb narrative. There are a lot of guys that vito has listed as "busts" that really weren't. Stacey King was not a "bust". If all Will Perdue ever did was yield Dennis Rodman, he's not a bust. And guys like Simpkins and Caffey were useful NBA players selected near the bottom of the draft.

Mitch Rosen was on with Holmes yesterday. Said he went fishing with Krause on this pond all the time. You sure no fish?

Will Perdue was a 3rd string Center on that team. He didn't "yield" Dennis Rodman. Dennis Rodman was a dump that no one else wanted. Even Pippen and Jordan had to be convinced to take the guy. Will Perdue was a No. 11 draft pick that was never a starter at any point in his NBA career.

Scottie was the best all around player in the league the year before.

Mitch Rosen was on with Holmes yesterday. Said he went fishing with Krause on this pond all the time. You sure no fish?

Agree on the Rodman take. Spurs would have accepted a bag of balls to take Rodman off their hands.

Perdue did start 223 games in his career, so you're wrong on that take. But yes, dude was a stiff.

Because guys were injured. He never went into any season that I can remember as any team's starting Center.

All of this is just classic LTG hyper focus on the trees while missing the forest completely. Too bad Krause didn't suck at building winners because otherwise he would have had better picks in the draft to pick the studs LTG says he missed.

Sorry if the facts bother you. Jordan made winning possible. That's it. Krause proved he couldn't sniff the playoffs once he left in 98. The franchise was crumbling under Krause before Jordan came back to provide the life raft.

Won with and not because of him and unlike you I saw it from start to finish. I know what a joke of a GM he happened to be.

Also, this never happened: The franchise was crumbling under Krause before Jordan came back to provide the life raft.

It never happened because Krause took over in 1985.

If you were alive to see it I think you should have paid attention.

There comes a point where ANY of the primary people in the Bulls dynasty can simply say "Count the number of rings" in reference to their career. Jerry, Jerry, Phil, Michael, Scottie.

If the goal is to win titles, and you win 6 of them then you are pretty good at whatever job you had to do it as compared to others who have similar jobs.