Arturas Karnisovas knows a little bit about hitting value with second-round draft picks.
The Bulls executive vice president of basketball operations was in the Denver Nuggets front office as an assistant general manager when they grabbed a Serbian big man with the 41st pick of the 2014 draft named Nikola Jokic.
That turned out OK.
Heck, even on his own current coaching staff there’s reminders of second-round gold, as look no further than Mo Cheeks, who was drafted 36th overall and went on to have a Hall of Fame career.
That’s why when Karnisovas was discussing the offseason to-do list a few months back, he boldly declared “we still have a second round pick.