It may have taken four years, but as K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune reports the Chicago Bulls are finally growing.  Not only are they 4-6 through their first 10 games, they quite easily could be 6-4 as each player is slowing recognising and adapting to his role.

Take Trenton Hassell for instance.  After scoring the last eight points of a heart stopping win over the Celtics on opening night he went scoreless and dished out one assist in 28 starting minutes in the Bulls victory over the Grizzlies yesterday.  No need to be alarmed says coach Bill Cartwright.

"He didn't take a shot because he's giving himself up for the team," Cartwright said. "His job is to guard. It's that kind of stuff, the intangible stuff, that's going to make us good."

Saturday's victory, writes Johnson, was almost a perfect blueprint of how Cartwright wants his team to play.

'Tyson Chandler and Eddy Curry scored the Bulls' first 19 points, hammering the Grizzlies down low and establishing an inside presence that led to a 58-30 edge in points in the paint.

Reserves entered and, quarterbacked by Jamal Crawford, stretched a second-quarter lead from five to 13 points. Then Donyell Marshall, Jalen Rose and Jay Williams took over late.'

The team were balanced, with Rose and Marshall scoring 31 points apiece, a feat which Johnson claims hasn't been achieved by a Bulls tandem since Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen in 1998.  Jay Williams also continued to shine with 12 points and a game high 12 assists.

"It's one thing to develop one or two guys out of the draft and say, 'OK, this is our prodigy,'" Rose said. "It's another thing to have six or seven guys that you're trying to develop. That's a different animal to tackle. I have to give these guys credit for accepting roles and trying to grow up together."