I’ve never really experienced déjà vu. I’m talking glitch in the matrix, make you go to church, stop drinking Mountain Dew déjà vu. I have always hoped I’d have the sensitivity for such catharsis but it hasn’t happened yet. Maybe I’m on my phone too much? I think I’ve almost had it, like getting the déjà but no vu.
This Bulls season was the closest I’ve ever gotten to actual déjà vu. Like, I’ve seen this before: the losing, the dysfunction, the exhaustion of the front office, a young guard with newfound assertiveness, a raw European forward who shows glimpses but has already been labeled as “passive,” a reliable shooting forward whose contract seems to outweigh his production.