Su Xi put on a suit and borrowed a small conference room from the hotel, where he then met with Jerry Krause and his assistant, Porter.
Due to Jay Williams's severe injury, the Bulls were forced to quickly adjust their draft plan. They had originally intended to select a shooting guard—if Illinois native Dwyane Wade had fallen to the seventh pick, they would have taken him without hesitation.
But now, they were torn between three point guards: Kirk Hinrich, TJ Ford, and Su Xi.
Hinrich and Ford had both tried out in Chicago, but Su Xi had not, despite having spent nearly a month training there previously.
Kraus and Grover were not on good terms, so he couldn't get any specific numbers from Grover. That's why, upon arriving in New York, they managed to get the phone number for Su Xi's agent and arranged a meeting.
It was, in essence, an interview.
However, once they sat down, they realized they weren't the ones in control.
It was more like... Su Xi was interviewing *them*.
