Why the Bulls expect to win without the long ball

Jimmy Butler knows what they’re saying. No, not about the hair. About the shooting, about the offense, about the Bulls appearing, well, contrary to the latest NBA conventional wisdom about success: Speed, space and shoot those threes. They’re saying the Bulls are headed the wrong direction down a one-way street, climbing on a bicycle when everyone else is in a sports car, trying it much too differently. You know, things they said to the Beatles, Steve Jobs, Copernicus and the American revolutionaries. Hey, no way that can work!

“I think I know how it’s going to play out,” Butler said cryptically after Bulls practice Tuesday. “I think everybody overlooks us, anyway. All we can do is…