With the Chicago Bulls general manager Gar Forman spotted at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Feb. 20 for the Duke Blue Devils-North Carolina Tar Heels rivalry showdown, the impact felt from this game had to be large. Spanning all the way up to the ranks of NBA front offices, the Duke-UNC rivalry game to start off this season for the two was huge.
The Chicago Bulls having a stake in at least one of the premier Duke or UNC prospects for the 2019 NBA Draft was evident here. Forman clearly wanted to get his shot at scouting premier prospects like Duke forwards R.