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He has tried before. For the most part, it has worked. Worked well enough to win two NCAA championships at Florida, to infamously have a 3-1 lead on the 73-win Warriors in the 2016 Western Conference finals with the Thunder, to be inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame this year.
He’s the brain while most other NBA coaches are Pinky. But for his five-plus years here in Chicago, what was supposed to pop off ain’t. The glimpses have been few, the promise of what could (should) be, less.
With the contract extension he signed with the Bulls in the offseason, this season opened up as fresh and new and thought-sustainable as Tate McRae and Addison Rae.