Derrick Rose and Phil Jackson have something in common beyond being able to call the Chicago Bulls their former employer.
As major as their respective past successes have been, they've been humbled in recent years.
Each day isn't what it could be.
It's most definitely not what it used to be.
Dig deeper, though, and those who have spent a lot of time around both men in recent years have come away with a clear sense that they share a similar mindset.
Their general optimism and confidence remain.
And they ascended to past successes in the same way: staying in the moment, doing what they can with what's available, enjoying the journey over the destination.
That means doing the right thing in that moment—whether it feels as promising as 2011 or as hopeless as 2015—and trust that better days will follow.
A better day came Wednesday when the team announced Jackson's trade bringing Rose, Justin Holiday and a 2017 second-round pick from the Bulls to the New York Knicks for Robin Lopez, Jerian Grant and Jose Calderon.
Even better days may be coming i ...
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Derrick Rose Well-Suited to Phil Jackson’s Plan That Progress Is Its Own Reward
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