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Bryson Graham’s hire starts Chicago’s next front-office chapter, but Bulls fans should judge the first roster decision more than the new title.
What should Bulls fans track first under Bryson Graham: patience, trades, or a real roster reset?
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Boston's strange Game 7 lineup deserves scrutiny, but the cleaner offseason argument is about how quickly the Celtics ran out of trusted playoff answers once Jayson Tatum was unavailable and Sam Hauser stopped looking like a release valve.
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