The Bulls (maybe) are making draft promises based on agent connections

There was buzz at the NBA draft combine surrounding the Bulls #22 selection and Boise State Senior Chandler Hutchison, who shut down his draft workouts and thus is assumed to have been made a promise to be selected.

Hutchison looks like a perfectly cromulent wing prospect, and checks the Bullsian box of being experienced and proven at the amateur level. But the Ringer’s Kevin O’Connor put out in print another connection that’s been whispered for years:

It’s unclear who made the promise, if one was made at all, but it’s no secret that Hutchison’s agent Mark Bartelstein, the CEO of Chicago-based agency Priority Sports, is a family friend of Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf. The Bulls and Bartelstein…