Bulls executive vice president of basketball operations Bryson Graham was knee-deep in the circus Monday.

After all, that’s what most NBA media days are. Take pictures here, cut a scream clip for the hometown scoreboard there, pose with this teammate back there, dribble the ball for this camera here.

A complete circus.

But through the monotony of the afternoon, something across the atrium suddenly caught Graham’s eye.

‘‘He was standing next to [coach] Tiago [Splitter],’’ Graham said of star rookie Caleb Wilson. ‘‘They were taking pictures.’’

Graham then turned to Splitter at the media table.

‘‘He was looking at you eye-to-eye, bro,’’ Graham told Splitter. ‘‘What are you, 6-11?’’

‘‘Six-10½,’’ Splitter responded.

‘‘[Wilson is] 6-10½ and multipositional, versatile,’’ Graham said. ‘‘He tries to make the right play. Not one day during these pickup games — this is what has been so exciting — has he come out and said, ‘I’m going to shoot every time.’ He’s still trying to make the right play. That’s just who he is. Nothing has slapped him down. It’s going to be hard to do that because he’s a competitive kid and has very big aspirations.’’

Since announcing his arrival to the NBA with a 35-point performance in his Summer League debut in July, Wilson — the No. 4 overall pick in the draft — has been tested with workouts and open scrimmages against NBA players and has yet to blink.

If anything, he continues to show the Bulls that something special has, in fact, arrived.

‘‘Just like everybody in this room, we’re excited about Caleb,’’ Splitter said. ‘‘He’s a No. 4 pick, and every day he’s showing us why he’s the No. 4 pick. Also, it’s really hard to put him on a floor or with a ceiling, to be honest. We’re going to help him be the best player he can be. What that is, we don’t know.’’

The feeling, however, is that Wilson eventually will be a foundation-changer.

‘‘The expectations are probably pretty high because Caleb is pretty outspoken, but internally we know it’s a season of growth and development,’’ Graham said. ‘‘We have to be OK with giving him grace this year because he’s going to have some ups and downs. There’s going to be progress, and there’s going to be some regression.”

That’s a reality even the ever-confident Wilson knows awaits him.

What Wilson has on his side, however, is an impressive work ethic that has the coaching staff reminding him to go home at night, rather than staying too late in the practice facility.

Wilson does that to get better and to show his teammates how committed he is to helping the Bulls rebuild.

‘‘I feel like, as a rookie, people respect action more than they respect words,’’ Wilson said. ‘‘I’ll let my actions lead, and eventually I’ll blend in talking. But my whole goal is letting everyone know what the tone is by showing what I’m going to do. That’s how I’ve always led.

‘‘I won’t say where I fit in right now. I feel like, as a player, I’m going to be very important to our future and what we’re doing now. So I just go out there and let it happen.’’