The Chicago Bulls aren’t running from reality.

After opening the season on a winning streak and a losing streak, the Bulls know there’s no margin for error.

This isn’t criticism. It’s a simple pragmatism, something that coach Billy Donovan delivered with flat certainty after the Bulls crumbled to the Detroit Pistons in their fourth consecutive loss Wednesday: “We’re not talented enough not to play desperate.”

This isn’t new language. Coaches and players alike have adopted this blunt approach to discussing their roster — and the requirements that come with it. The Bulls don’t have an All-Star . This is the first full season of a reconstruction project around young talent. And that means this roster doesn’t have any wiggle room. There isn’t a star waiting in the wings to bail this tea

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