After all, the Bulls forward is just 20 years old, and had just scored a career-high 35 points in the regular-season finale.
So of course there was a little bit of chest beating when asked about the upcoming playoff meeting with the defending champion Milwaukee Bucks.
“I don’t think that we see ourselves as underdogs,’’ Williams said confidently. “I think this team definitely can use that as fuel like we did early in the season when guys were saying this team wouldn’t be as good.
“I don’t think we’ll need it. I think we’re all ready for this opportunity, ready for this series.