November 19, 2020: Well…

And with the 4th pick of the NBA draft the Bulls select…. who? That was our reaction as my son and I sat there watching. Now I don’t know much about college basketball in general any more, and would really only know a few guys. With the Bulls picking 4th, I thought I would know the guy they took. I was wrong. Although based on a lot of folks’ reactions, I wasn’t the only one.

Patrick Williams huh? Well… he has upside right? Still, first reaction was not good. If a lot of people were surprised by the pick, and only the really “savvy” experts thought this was a good pick… what does that mean? Well, if it were GarPax still drafting, I would have kicked a hole in the TV. WTF?!?! But then I remembered that this was AK’s first draft. Then I remembered what I just wrote a couple days ago, and how I’m trusting in him. Then I thought, maybe this was his first misstep… maybe he will never live this pick down. Then, at the end of the day, after going through all these thoughts and more in my head, I came to a good place I think. I’m deciding to continue to trust AK at this point. I don’t know much about Patrick Williams, but that doesn’t matter. If AK and his team, including coach Billy, think this was the best guy to take at that slot, then so be it. We should be giving them the benefit of the doubt. I mean, if we gave Boylen the benefit of the doubt…. was I the only one?

Yes, I think it’s safe to say it was a surprising pick to say the least. I wonder if Ball wasn’t selected at 3… What would the Bulls pick have been then? Did they have the 1st and 2nd guys selected ahead of Williams on their board? We were hoping for the kid from Israel. More than anything, because my father in law said so… I had kind of thought Ball would be a good choice too, although there’s baggage there too. Wiseman would have been a fine choice. I did read some stuff about Edwards and his love of the game… Who knows? I don’t. Does anybody really know?

I’m hoping AK does; I trust that he does. I will believe that until I am proven wrong. And I am not going to take other “expert” opinions as proof of that. We’ll have to see it play out on the court. This guy has a big frame. This guy, shit, KID, is young. He seems to be humble, have a good head on his shoulders, be coachable, be a team player. I don’t know… how much can you get from a quick segment about him and his mom who owns a flower shop. I read a little bit more about him. Seeing him come off the bench, and not be a starter was surprising; made me think of Trubisky for a minute. But I guess that’s just the coach’s style down there at FSU. Will he fit in with the team that is assembled/will be assembled. I wasn’t that crazy about the Noah pick either back in the day; I was wrong about that one. If Williams can be anything close to what Noah was on the court, this would be a good pick. Who knows if somebody that was picked after him in the draft will outshine him; there are always cases like this. At the end of the day, the true measure for me is winning. If he is on the Bulls team that brings us that 7th title, it was a success. I think we have a bit to go to worry about that…

So chill out… I’m not putting this in the Bears loss category, or Theo leaving category. I’m labeling this one “Trust in AK”. He has earned that at this point; he’s done nothing to lose it. Will this turn out to be the first bad decision? Hopefully, this will turn out to be everything he wanted out of this pick, and help the Bulls get back into the playoffs and more. Stay tuned Bulls fans…