Sustainable

John Paxson via The Chicago Suntimes Justin Holiday and his Bulls teammates are 'here to win games' | Chicago Sun-Times

‘‘I’ll say this: I’ve never met a coach or a player that steps foot on the floor to lose a game,’’ Paxson said. ‘‘They don’t, and they shouldn’t. Yes, we are rebuilding. We understand and acknowledge that there are going to be some tough times.

‘‘This culture and environment of working hard, putting the time in, that’s what is sustainable. We’re not here to create a culture of losing. We’re here to build a culture of things that are sustainable.’’

It's happy time now and talk is cheap. Players are dedicated to the team and getting better.
Well it's Oct.

This team will lose and in streaks. They will lose blow outs and close games. If they are following Paxon's guidelines it will hurt and we will judge.

• We will scrutinize Hoiberg's in game adjustments (or lack of) late minute substitutions and play calling. 
• Dunn, Markkanen and LaVine's progress will be valued against the all-star production traded to bring them here.  
• As first round picks Portis, Mototiç and Valentine have opportunity costs, comparable to successful players taken behind them. Each have to define a significant role within this team while the team racks up losses.

There will be questions:

• How committed are players to rebuilding within Hoiberg's system come mid-January ?
• What's the effect of limited minutes doled by differing perceptions of performance and effort in a blow-out loss ?  
• When there is trouble, will the franchise channel Sean Spicer with a happy-happy-joy-joy press conference? (I suspect Paxson's already shutdown Gar's public performances).

Sustainable is measurable in how the team performs and reacts to losing. The coaches have to yank players, players have to accept responsibility when demoted and the team had better lose games within a competitive margin and play hard when getting blown out.