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The Chicago Bulls are making moves, shipping young guard Rob Dillingham to the Charlotte Hornets in exchange for veteran sharpshooter Buddy Hield and cash. Chicago gets a proven scorer who can space the floor, while Charlotte takes a flier on the raw upside of a first-round pick. Both franchises gambling on what they need most right now.
Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, England's Nations League loss to Spain is raising uncomfortable questions. Two Manchester City players made costly errors on the night, and manager Thomas Tuchel isn't hiding from it, calling them big mistakes in plain terms. Whether the ongoing off-field noise surrounding City's charges crept into those performances is the question nobody in English football wants to sit with.
And back stateside, the future of American soccer announced itself loudly in Orlando. Seventeen-year-old Cavan Sullivan made his senior national team debut in a four-to-one demolition of Peru, becoming the second youngest starter in program history. Mauricio Pochettino's first match in charge of the USMNT delivered results and a generational talent in the same ninety minutes. The kid isn't even old enough to drive, but he's already steering this program's hopes.
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