The Chicago Bulls made Patrick Williams the fourth pick in the NBA draft on Nov. 18.. Two days later, he made his first trip to Chicago as he moved to the city.

“When I first got here, I had to get some winter coats,” Williams said.

Williams brought his parents along to help with the transition for the first few days, which he admitted were hectic. But he has started to settle in. He showed up to the Bulls practice facility the week after the draft and now is a few days into his first training camp, which consists of only individual workouts until Sunday.

Meeting his new teammates and coaching staff has made Williams’ transition start to feel smoother, but rookies are being shotgunned into the season this year. The Bulls’ first preseason game is scheduled for Dec. 11. Their first regular-season game is Dec. 22 — 2½ weeks away.

“Generally (rookies) would have a draft, there would be summer league, there would be an acclimation process,” Bulls coach Billy Donovan said. “They’d have the rest of the summer to get better, absorb some of the experiences through summer league, get ready for training camp. There was kind of a buildup process for the rookies. That’s really changed right now.”

Added Williams: “All the rookies are stepping into something we’ve never seen before, we’ve never dealt with before. We’ve never been in the NBA and, of course, we’ve never been in the NBA during a pandemic.”

Williams also credited Donovan with being especially helpful with his jump to the NBA, both on and off the court. The Bulls still have not committed to playing Williams at a specific position. He said he has been going through drills guarding and running plays in different spots.

“I’ve been able to see him work out a couple times,” center Wendell Carter Jr. said. “I feel like he can play all positions. He’s got a really good handle, can shoot it. He’s really good at attacking the rim and he’s really good on defense.

“I feel like that’s something we definitely need as a team and I definitely think he’s going to help take us to the next level. I’m excited for him and what he can do for this team.”

The early impressions from teammates who have seen Williams work out this week echo outside opinions on the 19-year-old rookie. Williams worked out with Brooklyn Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie, whom he called an older brother to him, in Los Angeles before the draft. When asked about Williams on Twitter, Dinwiddie responded, “He has no ceiling.”

“For him to say something like that about me really means a lot, but for me it just means there’s more work to be done,” Williams said. “I mean, a ceiling is a ceiling, but you have to reach that ceiling.”

Williams came off the bench during his lone season at Florida State and said he hasn’t had much of a conversation with Donovan about his role on the team.

But the Bulls seem likely to ease Williams into the lineup as a reserve. Donovan acknowledged this week that there likely will be an adjustment period for Williams, but after the first few workouts he also appeared excited about his upside.

“My job right now is to come in every day and work and make sure I get the plays, make sure I’m doing what I need to do so when my name is called I can produce,” Williams said. “When my name is called, I can’t really control that, but I can control if I’m ready when my name is called, so I’ve just been coming in every day and just working. Not really worried about expectations or things like that, just working to be the best that I can be.”