Feb 23, 2003 9:11 PM EST

They say that losing breeds a losing mentality, so after crossing from a team which went to the NBA finals is it any wonder that the Bulls' Jalen Rose is frustrated with the losing he has experienced over the last 12 months since arriving in the Windy City?

"I hate losing, and it's starting to get to me a little,'' Rose said Saturday before the Bulls latest loss, this time to the Heat. "I'll never adjust to losing.''

Not even in the name of rebuilding asks Lacy Banks of the Chicago Sun-Times?

"Right,'' Rose said. "That's one epidemic I don't want to be involved in. Losing too many games breeds other losing situations and habits I really didn't know existed. This is something we have to fight through until we become winners. But sometimes you get sick and tired of being sick and tired.''

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