The Chicago Bulls are taking a hard-lined approach into this offseason after yet another disappointing season.  Hopes of having Tyson Chandler and Eddy Curry, the two ex-high school bigmen taken in the same draft in 2001, take them to the next level last season was a failure when both turned up to training camp out of shape.  Curry was carrying excess weight and Chandler wasn't in the right conditioning, putting the Bulls on the backfoot from the start.

This season things will be different.

K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune writes that coach Scott Skiles recently told Curry that his work habits between now and the June 24 NBA draft could play a part in off-season personnel decisions.  Curry has been working out at Hoops the Gym with trainer Tim Grover and has visiting the Berto Center every 10 days so management can monitor his conditioning.

All indications are that these sessions have gone well, but Paxson and Skiles want Curry at the Berto Center so they can better monitor his conditioning and weight and to pace him through drills.

Chandler, however, has impressed management with his off-season commitment.