The annual Chicago combine is where the new recruits are measured, tested and examined, but most importantly, where many of the deals concerning the upcoming draft are made.
Comparing combine performance is always fun though. Let's look at point guards, past and present:
| Name | Height no shoes | Height w/shoes | Weight | Wingspan | Reach | Body Fat | No Step Vert | No Step Vert Reach | Max Vert | Max Vert Reach | Bench | Agility | Sprint | Drafted | Year |
| John Wall | 6'2.75" | 6'4" | 196 | 6'9.25" | 8'5.5" | 5.6 | 30 | 10'11.5" | 39 | 11'8.5" | na | 10.84 | 3.14 | 1 | 2010 |
| Tyreke Evans | 6'4" | 6'5.25" | 221 | 6'11.25" | 8'8" | 7.1 | 28.5 | 11'0.5" | 34 | 11'6" | 7 | 11.81 | 3.17 | 4 | 2009 |
| Derrick Rose | 6'1.5" | 6'2.5" | 196 | 6'8" | 8'2.5" | 4.6 | 34.5 | 11.1" | 40 | 11'6.5" | 10 | 11.69 | 3.05 | 1 | 2008 |
| Chris Paul | 5'11.75" | 6'1" | 178 | 6'4.25" | 7'9" | na | 32 | 10'5" | 38 | 10'11" | 10 | 11.09 | 3.22 | 4 | 2005 |
| Deron Williams | 6'1.75" | 6'2.75" | 202 | 6'6.25" | 8'2" | na | 30 | 10'8" | 35 | 11'1" | 15 | 10.83 | 3.25 | 3 | 2005 |
I fully expect Wall will continue to be compared with the other guards in that list over his career. His combine numbers look good too, especially for the wingspan (bigger than Evan Turner's!) and agility tests. However, I see he skipped the bench press and suspect he would have scored lower in that then the other guys. That's not going to frighten any GM's though. Kevin Durant infamously couldn't get any reps on the 185 bench press test and got a lot of mocking press for it. He was still drafted number 2 and is an all-star now.
Biggest max vertical this year was Terrico White at 40". Strongest was Luke Harangody with 23 bench press reps. Wall was best in the agility test. Dexter Pitman is the fattest at 20.8 body fat.
For guys on the Bulls' radar, James Anderson (OSU SG) scored well in the sprint (3.19) and had a very respectable 14 bench reps. Larry Sanders (VCU, PF) had a 3.27 sprint (tying Evan Turner) but a pretty low (28) max vertical. Lance Stephenson (Cinn, SG) had a slow 3.38 sprint, extremely good wingspan (6'10.5") for his size, and pretty average everything else. Luke Babbit (Nev, SF) had some very good scores across the board. He's clearly more athletic than he looks. Paul George (Fres St, SF) had a wimpy 4 bench presses and didn't do most of the other tests. He's clearly got hops though so athleticism isn't his question mark.
Of course the problem the Bulls will have is that they have to draft before they know who they can get in free agency. They would do best to take the best available player and it would not surprise me to see them draft at any position. I think Anderson is a good choice, but suspect he may be gone by 17. I think the Bulls need to bring in a 3 point shooter, either via draft or free agency. And they need a big guy to take up Miller's minutes.
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