Coby White obviously had a special relationship with his former University of North Carolina coach Roy Williams.
That was on full display back in White’s rookie season, in which Williams blew off his weekly radio show to attend a Bulls game, hoping to encourage a then-slumping White.
All the guard did in that November win over the Knicks was set a franchise record with seven fourth-quarter threes, finishing with 27 points.
So with the news that Williams was retiring of course White was in “shock.’’
“It was a surprise,’’ White said on Friday. “I’m happy for him and kind of sad at the same time because he will forever be my coach and forever be that role model, that guy, that figure I can go to in my life.