On the surface it feels like Patrick Williams has bad timing.
The fourth overall pick by the Bulls in last week’s NBA Draft, Williams won’t have the benefit of a Summer League in Las Vegas to work on his game, and even with camp scheduled to start Dec. 1, will be learning on the fly in a far from normal environment thanks to the restrictions and concerns from the coronavirus.
Bad timing to be a rook?
Far from it for the combo forward.
The expectations will be tempered for most of this rookie class, there’s little pressure to win with the Bulls immediately with the new front office in evaluation mode, and with Otto Porter Jr.