The plan was simple.
Wendell Carter Jr. wasn’t going to make waves while the season was dragging on last year. No, there’s a way to handle business in the NBA, and even just 20 years old at the time, Carter was well versed in that procedure.
The Bulls big man was going to sit down with his coach face-to-face after the last game was played, and let him know that there was more to his game than was being used.
That meant playing some four rather than just the five. That meant it would be nice if every so often they would run some offense through him, rather than using him as just a garbage man in the paint or a passer.