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Hornets receive: Patrick Williams + Pick 4 = Caleb Wilson Bulls receive: Miles Bridges (22.8M expiring) + Pick 14 + Pick 18 + Pick 2027 via Charlotte+ Pick 2027 via Miami + Pick 2027 via Dallas.

🎙️ Kon Knueppel: "We're super pumped to have Charles Lee back and extended because we want to keep building." "What Jeff (Peterson) talks about a lot is he doesn't want to skip steps and maybe put a lot of stuff together and go try to get some guy that maybe doesn't work out, or maybe it's only for 1-2 years... we want to keep building together, and I think it'll be really good that way. You just keep adding guys through the draft, we got a couple of first-round picks this year, and hopefully get two more studs and keep building this thing."

The Chicago Bulls are finalizing a deal to hire Orlando Magic assistant GM Stephen Mervis as Senior Vice President of Basketball Operations under new EVP Bryson Graham, sources tell ESPN. Bulls will also hire Brooklyn Nets executive Acie Law as Vice President of Player Personnel.

Seedance 2.0 prompt: [CINEMATIC SETUP] Film Style: Photorealistic neo-noir grounded in reality. Midday lighting, not stylized night. Lens: 50mm–85mm natural portrait range. Moderate depth of field — subject readable but environment present. Color Grade: Neutral daylight base. Subtle warm sun spill from frame-left, cool ambient from overhead transit structure. No extreme split-tone. Lighting: Real-world station lighting — skylight diffusion + fluorescent overheads. Soft shadows. Skin and metal respond naturally. Camera: Observational, handheld or stabilized micro-movement. Slight drift. Never locked-off or stylized. Audio: Station PA (Japanese), footsteps, rolling luggage, distant train arrival, low city hum. No dramatic sound design. [TIMELINE] 0–3s — ESTABLISHING FLOW Wide shot of busy Japanese transit corridor at midday. Commuters moving naturally in all directions. No one reacts to camera. Subject is present but not highlighted. 3–6s — SUBJECT FOUND Camera settles into a medium tracking shot as the android-hybrid woman walks with the crowd. Short silver hair, natural skin with subtle circuit seams along right cheek and temple. Mechanical neck partially visible above collar. She blends in — no crowd separation. 6–9s — NATURAL INTERACTION While walking, she casually raises her right hand to her face — as if adjusting skin or brushing something away. Fingers land precisely along a faint seam on her right cheek. Expression neutral. Gaze forward. No pause in walking. 9–12s — PANEL ACTIVATION + OPEN (KEY MOMENT) With a small, deliberate press + slight upward slide of her fingers: – A hidden facial panel unlocks along a clean seam (temple → cheek → jaw) – The skin segment rotates outward on a hinge near the ear (~15–20°) – Motion is smooth, engineered, quiet — no tearing, no stretching – Interior revealed: synthetic skeletal lattice, micro-actuators, cable bundles, compact mechanical architecture with subtle amber signal pulses – Eye remains anchored and stable She continues walking at the same pace through the crowd 12–15s — CLOSE PASS Camera moves into a tighter portrait as she passes. Panel remains partially open. Internal structure catches shifting daylight and overhead fluorescents. Surrounding commuters continue normally, unfazed. 15–18s — RESET She lowers her hand. Panel rotates back into place seamlessly and locks flush with skin. Seam becomes barely visible again. No one reacts. 18–20s — EXIT INTO CROWD She continues forward and blends fully back into the flow of people. Camera lingers briefly as she disappears into the crowd. [STYLE & BEHAVIOR CONSTRAINTS] All motion must feel casual and unremarkable — no staged or dramatic beats Crowd behavior fully natural — no parting, no reactions Transformation must be rigid mechanical — hinged panel, not organic splitting No melting, stretching, or morphing Facial identity must remain perfectly stable Lighting continuity must match real-world environment Mechanical interior must read as compact, engineered, and integrated — not exaggerated sci-fi No additional androids or duplicates

Aday Mara in the pro lane agility drill. Moves his feet pretty well at 7'3...

You can never go wrong with A Tribe Called Quest.