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Joe Cowley’s annual ‘NBA Mock Draft Surely to Go Wrong by Pick No. 2’

Few executives know the EuroLeague better than Arturas Karnisovas.

The Bulls’ vice president of basketball operations started his front office career in international scouting, and was the director of the Adidas EuroLeague camp for years. If versatile forward Deni Avdija has star potential, Karnisovas knows it. If his game is too flawed, well, Karnisovas knows it.

That’s what makes Wednesday night’s NBA Draft so unique – mediocre talent that the pandemic has made almost impossible to get a great read on.

The new regime’s first huge test comes in free agency 2021, but this draft is a heck of a pop quiz for the Bulls.