It’s become the Zach LaVine mantra.
“I know what I represent, and I know who I am,’’ the Bulls guard has insisted over and over again, whether talking about an All-Star snub or just his place in the current NBA hierarchy.
The kind of self-assessment that may leave some rolling their eyes.
They would be wrong for doing that.
The LaVine that the Bulls acquired back in 2017 is not the LaVine they have now. The fact that he can fall out of bed and score 25 in an NBA game is the same, but the maturity he’s shown in becoming the face of the franchise has been refreshing to watch.