A video of Zach LaVine completing a ferocious windmill dunk in practice shared by the Chicago Bulls’ Twitter account had fans on their toes about his looming return to the court — a sign of having regained his otherworldly explosiveness and athleticism that saw him crowned as back-to-back Slam Dunk king and one of the league’s brightest prospects at shooting guard.

Despite being in line for an early-to-mid-December return, as previously expected — coach Fred Hoiberg warned that it would be a process to get him back on the floor, as LaVine just started ramping up activity with the team last week.

“We just have to be really careful about not overloading him too early in this process as he returns to the floor,’’ Hoiberg said, according to Joe Cowley of The Chicago Sun Times. “But he’s itching to get back. He’s a competitor, he’s a worker, he’s a kid that always wants to be out on the floor doing extra stuff, but, yeah, we’re going to have to hold him back a little bit as we go along and just continue to progress.’’

Justin Holiday has been holding down the shooting guard slot in his absence, but it could be a matter of time before he returns to the bench, giving Zach LaVine his rightful spot in the Bulls’ starting lineup.

“I think it all depends on how he continues to respond as we increase his workload, so you kind of have that [late-December] date in your mind as far as when we can get him back, but obviously we’ll adjust depending on how he comes out of these workouts,’’ Hoiberg said.

LaVine has been known to have a strict regimen in the offseason and being a workout animal when healthy, hence his utter confidence when approaching one-on-one workouts and some light team exercises.

“He told me he’s the best-conditioned player on the team after practice [Monday],’’ Hoiberg said. “I said, ‘No, you’re not. You’re the worst-conditioned player on the team.’ So he’s got a long way to go, as would anybody that’s in this stage of the rehab process.’’