They were all in.
From the tippy-top with ownership, to the front office of John Paxson and Gar Forman, the coaching staff, the players, heck, the people that mop up the sweat on the court during timeouts.
A whole lot of chest-pounding along with some good old fashioned drinking of the Kool-Aid.
The Bulls were a playoff team last September.
Just ask them.
“First and foremost, we want to compete at a high, high level,’’ Paxson said on that first day of training camp. “We think we can compete. And when you compete at a high level, you have an ability to be a playoff-caliber team.