Entering the offseason, it was always going to be difficult for the Chicago Bulls to make any significant improvements via the draft or free agency. While I think they’ve done the best they can with their limited resources this summer, the easiest route to improving as a team is still through the internal development of Chicago’s young core.
All-Star forward DeMar DeRozan has done the best he can to mentor the Bulls’ young talent, including forcing them to partake in his notoriously brutal summer workout regimen. There’s only so far DeRozan can take them, however, because at a certain point, they’ll have to earn their stripes on their own.