That's what I was trying to say yesterday. Last year they could grit and grind to wins because there was always the "Rose returning" carrot dangling in front of them. By the time it was obvious Rose wasn't coming back they had banded together as a team and fought until they were eliminated. This year there is no carrot. Rose isn't coming back. The way the Bulls cap position is, this team probably isn't coming back with its core intact. It's deflating and then you have crazy man Thibs yelling at you like its game 7 of the Finals during the first quarter of a January game against the Wizards. I guess I could see the team improbably banding together again and getting a 6-7 seed but more likely we could see this team completely disinterested, tuning out Thibs, fighting with each other etc. Depressing either way At this point this team having the temerity to win a game is more depressing. I do worry about the well being poisoned and losing Thibs though