Playing for Tom Thibodeau is more difficult than most other NBA coaches, but the Chicago Bulls have bought into his system.

Convincing newcomers to also do so sometimes requires extra work.

‘‘We’ve seen our success through his system, through his practice schedule, through his days off, through his regimen,’’ Carlos Boozer said. ‘‘And we’ve had success the last two years, so we trust it because we’ve reaped the benefits of that success.

‘‘We tell the new guys that are coming in as rookies or the vets that have been around — some of them are coming from losing programs, to be quite frank; this is their first time to be on a winning team — we just tell them, ‘Keep working and be focused. It will help in the long run.’

‘‘The thing that Tom talked to us about almost every training camp is begin with the end in mind. Our end goal is to put a banner up, so the work we do now will benefit if we put everything into it.’’