The Michael Jordan documentary “The Last Dance” has shown the championship Chicago Bulls in all their dysfunctional glory. Teams like the New Orleans Pelicans are probably glad that their front office, coaches and players aren’t actors in a daily soap opera like the 1997-98 Bulls.
But the team won six titles not just in spite of the dysfunction, but seemingly because of it.
The fact that the Bulls were so successful whilst waging daily internal battles shows that success doesn’t have to come on rainbow full of hugs. Sometimes a little sand in the ointment keeps everyone on their toes.