When the Los Angeles Lakers were the featured team at NBA Summer League, television cameras would cut to LeBron James and Anthony Davis conversing from courtside seats in Las Vegas.



When the Portland Trail Blazers were on the floor, there were cutaways to Damian Lillard. For the Philadelphia 76ers, it was Ben Simmons. For the Golden State Warriors, it was D’Angelo Russell.



For the Bulls, during the second of their five games, fans got an in-game interview with Denzel Valentine.



Eventually, Zach LaVine, Thaddeus Young and Otto Porter Jr. arrived and ensured Chicago would have some cool kids watching from the sidelines, where they were joined at various points by teammates Kris Dunn, Ryan Arcidiacono, Antonio Blakeney, Cristiano Felicio and Valentine.



But the snapshot from that second game was significant. Valentine setting up adjacent a stanchion for his interview while the team’s most experienced summer-league participant, Chandler...