Bulls stay the course with no first-rounder, but night wasn’t all quiet

Chicago Bulls executive vice president for basketball operations Arturas Karnišovas (left) and general manager Marc Eversley didn’t make the big splash and it wasn’t a surprise.

It wasn’t the type of splashy organizational decision that warranted the NBA commissioner to take the podium on Thursday.

After all, Adam Silver isn’t in the practice of announcing, “With no picks in the first round, the Chicago Bulls instead select continuity.’’

But on a night in which the Bulls arrived at yet another crossroads with this current roster build, executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas and general manager Marc Eversley opted to stay pat through round one, before making a trade with Washington and selecting Tennessee wing Julian Phillips with the 35^th overall pick in the second round.