The days of the Bulls over-hyping second round picks are over.
Coincidentally, they ended when the organization opted to make vice president of basketball operations John Paxson the voice of the franchise rather than keeping general manager Gar Forman in that spotlight.
In Forman’s world Paul Zipser was the next Dirk Nowitzki and Erik Murphy the next Kevin Love.
So when Daniel Gafford was introduced by Paxson on Monday, while the organization is privately very excited about the big man’s skillset, publicly Paxson kept it very simple.
No comparisons, no “we’re smarter than most organizations with this pick’’ attitude.