Kevin Huerter knows the danger of getting stuck in a shooting slump.

There’s only so much a player can control about his or her shot any night. Sometimes it heats up for no reason. Sometimes a shot goes cold and there’s no solution. The key to being a sharpshooter is sticking to repetition even when everything is falling short.

Before he was traded to the Chicago Bulls, Huerter was struggling to maintain this ethos. But after shaking himself out of the worst shooting slump of his professional career, he believes he can build an identity that is less reliant on shooting accuracy — and be more effective in the process.

“I want to see myself as one complete player, not needing to rely on that,” Huerter told the Tribune. “Especially when (my shots) are not falling. I’m trying to do different things to help out.”

In his short time with the Bulls, Huerter has given them an immediate boost off the bench. He’s shooting 35.5% behind the arc and averaging 13 points and three assists. It’s not quite a full return to his top shooting form — in his first season in Sacramento, he shot 40.2% from 3-point range — but Huerter is 22-for-56 (39.3%) over the last eight games entering Friday night’s home game versus the Portland Trail Blazers.

This hot streak is a welcome change for Huerter, who was mired in his worst NBA season before the trade. He started the Kings’ first 15 games before being benched in late November. His first three games off the bench were dismal, averaging less than 11 minutes while going 1-for-8 behind the arc.

By the time he was traded to the Bulls, Huerter was shooting a career-low 30.2% from 3-point range in a career-low 20.9 minutes per game.

When he first arrived, Huerter tried to explain the drop-off — and ruffled a few feathers back in Sacramento — by criticizing his usage during his final season with the Kings.

“I didn’t really get much opportunity,” he said in his first comments to media after the trade. “The flow and the rhythm of the game, it was very choppy. The fact that we’re going to play up and down here, the ball is going to move side to side, no one’s really going to dominate the ball and we’re not going to run the same action over and over again — it feels like it’s a place that I should be a better fit in.”

Huerter was right about his fit in Chicago. The Bulls were already one of the fastest teams before trading Zach LaVine to the Kings. Without their star player, the Bulls are winning games through one simple tactic — running.

The team’s hectic style doesn’t leave Huerter any room to question his shot. He has doubled his assists per game. He’s making significantly more drives to the basket, tallying almost twice as many 2-pointers. All of this motion is helping him get back into a rhythm with the ball in — and out — of his hands.

“The first thing the coaches want us to do is attack,” Huerter said. “They tell us the first part of our offense is trying to get into the teeth of the defense and make a play. That’s just everyone’s mindset. You catch the ball, you try to get downhill and make a play. If it’s not there, move off it.”

On Tuesday, that included throwing down three dunks in a win over the Toronto Raptors.

It was a major break from the norm for Huerter, who never had dunked more than twice in an NBA game and had only five dunks this season. But it was a prime opportunity to flex his ability to put pressure on the rim.

“I don’t need to do it all the time,” Huerter said with a smile. “I just like to do it enough to make sure people remember I still can.”

Huerter stands by his explanation for his devolution with the Kings and return to form with the Bulls. The high-paced, heavy-motion offense the Bulls run has been an immediate catalyst.

But eight weeks removed from the trade, Huerter also admits he had to work through his own internal roadblocks.

Shooting is a mental game. And in early stretches of this season, Huerter was simply out of sorts. He had fallen deep into the Kings rotation and couldn’t kick-start his game during limited stints. With the Bulls, his improved accuracy mirrors an improved mindset.

“I think mentally I’ve definitely gotten over a hurdle with that,” Huerter said. “I’m just continuing to get comfortable and get back to playing the right way.”

Like most shooters, Huerter knows every scoring streak will end eventually. But the change of scenery and new style of play has helped him find confidence on the court again — hopefully enough to weather the next cold snap.