Bulls' Patrick Williams talks playing time and staying a good soldier

The Bulls’ Patrick Williams has seen his minutes drastically dwindle the last few weeks, and while he’s not embracing the new role, he’s willing to put team first.Kevin C. Cox/Getty

Patrick Williams has always played the role of the good soldier.

That’s currently being tested for the Bulls forward.

Entering Monday’s game against Minnesota, Williams had become an afterthought as far as the rotation. Four straight games of single-digit minutes, coming off the bench as the seldom-used 11th man. Not exactly what’s expected from a player making $18 million a year and not exactly a role Williams was embracing.

But he’s also from the school of treating his job with the utmost professionalism, and…