The grades for the NBA Draft weren’t kind to the Bulls and first-round pick Patrick Williams.
One thing that has become very clear about executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas, however, is that he really doesn’t care much about such opinions.
‘‘I didn’t agree with the perception people have of him,’’ Karnisovas told reporters in a Zoom call Thursday after selecting Williams, a forward from Florida State, with the fourth overall pick the night before. ‘‘They thought he was a raw athlete and he wasn’t skilled. And when I saw his skill level and ballhandling and shooting and ability to pass, I would disagree that he’s just a raw athlete.