The players went from summer pick-up games, to fall preseason games.
But now the intensity gets real.
Welcome to the “Hunger Games.’’
That’s what awaits the Bulls on South Beach, as they tip off their regular season against Miami and the fabled “Heat Culture.’’
Few with the Bulls know that more than Goran Dragic, who spent seven seasons playing in Miami.
“It’s way different,’’ Dragic said recently, when describing life with the Heat. “I mean they hold you accountable. You have to [have] body fat [measured] every week, have to come in and do pre-practice, practice, every practice is basically Hunger Games.