Cody Westerlund

Good to be here, especially after a really good week for the Bulls, if you think about it.

Great week.

It had been a lot of good weeks.

It starts with Bryson Graham officially being hired, speaking midweek, and then Sunday ends with them jumping five spots up to number four overall in the NBA draft.

Yeah, it was just a completely different vibe from the year before.

Because look, these last two drafts, they were a really big deal in the NBA.

Two really strong drafts.

Cooper Flagg, obviously, last year in 2025, probably being the biggest prize of any prospect here in a long time.

But look, the top four...

is a really good spot to be in for the Bulls.

I think it's a little bit more scrunched together, the talent level, the top four of this class, and Cooper Flagg last year, obviously.

But it's interesting for the Bulls' perspective, too.

Getting the four pick, it's almost like from a scrutiny standpoint, you'd rather have the pick certainly number three or number two, whatever it would be.

You want to have as much optionality and choice as you can.

But they could really just sit there and take whichever prospect of the top four

falls to them.

Obviously, AJ Devansa is expected to go number one overall.

Darren Peterson, Caleb Willison, Cameron Boozer follow in some order.

Most people think Peterson's going to go too, but the Bulls can kind of just sit there and it doesn't have to be a super hard decision, which shouldn't be confused with the fact that

They'll still do their entire pre-draft prospect or evaluation with all the prospects, all the top prospects that they can and see if anyone can move up on their board.