The story of the 1998 Chicago Bulls started off in the first episode of The Last Dance as a battle between egos. The first story it tells is of the general manager who built the team and was threatening to tear it apart after it won its fifth title in seven years.
It was a battle of egos essentially. A fight for who got credit for the team’s success. A battle between the desire to win now and the desire to build for the future. A conflict of short- and long-term thinking.
There was always an assumption you can get the formula right again.