Jim Boylen optimistic, encouraged by state of the new-look Bulls originally appeared on nbcsportschicago.com LAS VEGAS - Jim Boylen was long gone from the Thomas & Mack Center by the time the earthquake hit on Friday night. The Bulls' head coach was back in his room at the Cosmopolitan, breaking down tape of the team's Summer League-opening win over the Los Angeles Lakers with newly-promoted assistant Paul Miller. "We were two minutes into the first quarter," Boylen said Saturday afternoon, speaking outside the team's meeting room.