so they  aren't  lost  at  sea.  For  instance, our  triangle
offense  puts  three  players  in a particular  place  on the
floor.  But you have to make sure everyone has the freedom to
act.  In this offense, the cuts and passes aren't programmed.
You have to know instinctively  where everyone  else is going
to go.  This gets everyone  involved, and the players  end up
working like five fingers on a hand.

How do you manage that kind of freedom?

In 1992, the year after  our team won its first championship,
the players  would  often just take off on their  own and use
their instincts  to win games.  I simply wasn't going to pull
in the reins by telling  them how to run the offense.  I just
sat back sometimes  on the bus going  to the airport, talking
about how amazing  it was that they'd found another way to do
it again tonight.  My trainer would turn to me and say: "Boy,
if you only had a jar, you could bottle this elixir that this
team runs on and store it for a rainy day."

PHOTO  (COLOR): To get superstars  to act like  team players,
the Bulls' Jackson appeals to their spiritual side.