Patrick Williams may not be headed to Tokyo at the end of this month, but he will be training like it over the next couple of weeks. The Chicago Bulls No. 4 overall pick is currently in Las Vegas as a member of the Team USA Select Team, a 17-man roster of high-profile young players who help train the official Team USA roster.
Miami head coach Erik Spoelstra is currently in charge of the young roster, which means he is getting a first-hand look at the progress the 19-year-old has made so far this offseason. On Tuesday, Spoelstra spoke to reporters about his time in Vegas so far, and he provided Bulls fans with quite the encouraging scouting report on Williams (h/t NBC Sports Chicago’s Rob Schaefer for the quote transcription).