Shortly after being drafted by the …

Shortly after being drafted by the Chicago Bulls with the No. 14 overall pick in 2016, Denzel Valentine’s father thought he was delivering a dose of reality to his son. “I’m like, ‘S—, they ain’t gone let you wear 45, bro,’” Carlton Valentine said, referring to his son’s jersey number at Michigan State. “So, he got drafted on a Thursday, that Monday was his press conference. They had a No. 45 waiting for him, and I’m like, ‘Aw s—, OK. This is serious.’ There was no way I thought he was getting 45 because of Jordan.”