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Bulls Land Rob Dillingham in Multi-Player Deal With Timberwolves
The Chicago Bulls have acquired rookie guard Rob Dillingham from the Minnesota Timberwolves in a multi-player trade that signals a fresh direction for both franchises ahead of the stretch run. The deal also sends forward Leonard Miller to Chicago, while guard Ayo Dosunmu heads to Minnesota, where he is expected to step into the Timberwolves’ rotation as soon as he is cleared from a quadriceps injury.
Trade details reshape both backcourts
Minnesota is sending Dillingham and Miller to the Bulls as part of a package for Dosunmu, with multiple outlets reporting that the Timberwolves are also receiving forward Julian Phillips and sending four second-round picks to Chicago. Dosunmu, 26, has missed time with a quad issue but is projected to join Minnesota’s backcourt mix immediately once healthy, adding scoring, length and defensive versatility to a team with Western Conference aspirations.
For Chicago, the move is another in a series of guard-focused trades that have dramatically reshaped the roster. The Bulls recently added Jaden Ivey, Collin Sexton and Anfernee Simons, and Dillingham now joins that crowded group as a high-upside but unproven rookie. With so many ball-handlers and scorers on the depth chart, his exact role remains unclear and could depend on future moves or injury developments.
Timberwolves bet on win-now guard help
The Timberwolves’ side of the trade is centered on Dosunmu, who is enjoying a career year in Chicago. He is averaging about 15 points, 3.6 assists and 3 rebounds per game while shooting over 51 percent from the field and an elite 45 percent from three-point range, production that has made him an attractive target for contenders in need of reliable two-way guard play.
Minnesota’s front office appears to view Dosunmu as an ideal fit to bolster a bench that has been heavily leaned on during consecutive deep playoff runs. His ability to guard multiple positions on the perimeter, hit catch-and-shoot threes and handle secondary playmaking duties aligns with the Timberwolves’ emphasis on depth and defensive intensity.
By parting with Dillingham, Miller and four second-round picks, the Timberwolves are effectively choosing proven production over potential. The move follows a broader pattern of Minnesota pushing chips in to maximize its current competitive window after back-to-back trips to the Western Conference Finals.
Bulls continue aggressive rebuild
For Chicago, the trade extends an aggressive mid-season overhaul that has seen the front office turn over a significant portion of the rotation and stockpile draft capital. In addition to earlier deals that moved veterans and added multiple second-round selections, the Bulls now bring in another young, offensively gifted guard in Dillingham, along with a versatile forward prospect in Miller.
Reports indicate the Bulls have already accumulated at least nine second-round picks and nine new players through a flurry of trades, underscoring a pivot toward youth and flexibility rather than chasing the middle of the Eastern Conference standings with a veteran-heavy core. The decision to move Dosunmu — whose trade value is widely considered to be at or near its peak — for a package built around prospects and seconds reflects that longer-term strategy.
Dillingham faces crowded backcourt in Chicago
Dillingham, a dynamic rookie guard known for his scoring instincts and playmaking upside, enters a Bulls situation that could either accelerate his development or limit his early minutes. Chicago’s recent acquisitions of Ivey, Sexton and Simons have already created stiff competition for backcourt minutes, and Dillingham is “likely buried in the depth chart” at least initially, according to the initial fantasy-focused report.
That reality has fueled debate among fans and analysts about whether the Bulls envision Dillingham as a long-term piece or as another asset that could be moved in future deals. Some observers argue that he is the type of high-upside guard who could thrive with more opportunity, possibly on an expansion team or a franchise in a more radical rebuilding phase, rather than behind a stack of established scorers.
Miller, meanwhile, offers Chicago length and athleticism in the frontcourt, with the potential to grow into a rotational forward if his defense and shooting continue to develop. His inclusion also provides the Bulls with another young, cost-controlled piece as they reshape the roster around their next core.
Fan reaction mixed, with scrutiny on Bulls’ front office
Reaction to the trade has been mixed across the league’s fan base, with particular scrutiny directed at Chicago’s front office. Some fans and commentators have praised the Bulls for capitalizing on Dosunmu’s peak value and landing a highly touted rookie guard plus additional assets without surrendering a first-round pick. Others have criticized the move as another example of the franchise holding onto players too long or failing to extract maximum value in trades, pointing to past decisions and a perception of organizational conservatism.
On the Minnesota side, the general sentiment is that the Timberwolves paid a meaningful but reasonable price for an impact guard who can help immediately, especially given that they did not have to part with any first-round draft capital. Still, some fans lament the loss of Dillingham’s potential and Miller’s upside, noting that both could flourish with more opportunity in Chicago or elsewhere.
Outlook: Short-term gains vs. long-term upside
For the Timberwolves, the calculus is straightforward: Dosunmu’s current production and skill set address immediate needs on a roster built to contend now. His expiring contract adds some risk—he is set to become an unrestricted free agent at season’s end—but Minnesota is betting that his impact this year justifies the cost and that the team will have a chance to re-sign him.
Chicago, conversely, continues to trade near-term certainty for long-term upside, stocking the roster with young players and stocking the asset cupboard with second-round picks. Whether Dillingham can carve out a meaningful role amid the Bulls’ guard logjam could be a key storyline for both his development and Chicago’s rebuilding timeline.
As the trade deadline dust settles, the deal stands as one of the more intriguing gambles of this cycle: a win-now push by Minnesota that hinges on Dosunmu’s ability to translate his Chicago breakout to a new system, and a high-variance play by the Bulls that depends on Dillingham and Miller growing into difference-makers in a crowded, evolving roster.
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The review follows feedback from market participants flagging potential risks arising from calendar-spread benefits on expiry days for single-stock contracts. A calendar spread is when a trader holds the same stock’s derivatives with two different expiry dates, which lowers margin because the positions offset each other. The risk appears on expiry day when the near-month contract expires and the hedge no longer exists. This leaves the trader exposed to one-way moves on the remaining position.
“It is clarified that the existing margin calculations for calendar-spread positions shall remain unchanged for calendar-spread positions involving all expiries other than the contracts expiring on a given day,” Sebi said in a circular. The new rule will take effect three months from the date of the circular.
Currently, for index derivatives, calendar-spread benefits are already unavailable on the day of expiry for contracts maturing that day.
Sebi said the proposal would align the treatment of calendar spreads in single-stock derivatives with that of index derivatives and give trading members sufficient time either to bring in additional margin on expiry day or roll over positions.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook has pledged that he will lobby Washington on immigration amidst widespread deportation fears in the United States.
This comes after he was criticised over a memo released following his attendance at the “Melania” premiere held at the White House. The premiere was held just hours after the killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.
Tim Cook Makes Promise to Lobby Washington on Immigration
According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Cook acknowledged that Apple has “team members across the US on some form of Visa.”
“I’ve heard from some of you that don’t feel comfortable leaving your homes,” he said during the meeting. “No one should feel this way. No one.”
Cook went on to assure employees that they have his word when it comes to lobbying Washington on immigration.
“For as long as I can remember, we have been a smarter, wiser, more innovative company because we’ve attracted the best and brightest from all corners of the world,” Cook told employees. “I am going to continue to lobby lawmakers on this issue. You have my word on that.”
Tim Cook’s Memo on Killing of Alex Pretti
As 9to5Mac’s report notes, the meeting comes after Cook was widely criticised for a memo he released following the shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.
“This is a time for deescalation,” he said in the memo. “I believe America is strongest when we live up to our highest ideals, when we treat everyone with dignity and respect no matter who they are or where they’re from, and when we embrace our shared humanity.”
Many have blasted Cook for the memo, which many say stopped short of criticising the US government for its immigration crackdown.
Given this, the report points out that Cook’s comments at the meeting can be taken as damage control.
Only time will tell if he really is true to his word.
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Vaynermedia CEO Gary Vaynerchuk discusses how artificial intelligence will play a role in 2026 Super Bowl advertisements on ‘The Claman Countdown.’
The goal for any Super Bowl ad this week is for consumers to take action after seeing their campaign instead of just watching.
For Fanatics Sportsbook, that has been the case even before kickoff after a viral Kendall Jenner ad that invoked the “Kardashian Kurse,” the long-running internet joke that any basketball player who gets close to the world-famous sisters becomes subject to.
Fanatics Betting & Gaming CEO Matt King said the ad has “exceeded our expectations,” and the digital sports giant is already seeing it paying dividends.
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Kendall Jenner with Fanatics Sportsbook for a 2026 Super Bowl commercial. (Fanatics Sportsbook / Fox News)
“We’ve seen a big spike in downloads, and we’re seeing that accelerate as we get closer to the game,” King said in a recent interview.
It was Jenner’s first-ever Super Bowl ad, and it sparked talk between football fans and casual “Big Game” watchers. Jenner even went on “The Tonight Show,” where she told Jimmy Fallon she would be backing the New England Patriots with a whopping $1 million bet.
If that wasn’t enough, one of her ex-boyfriends “affected” by the “Kardashian Kurse,” Phoenix Suns star Devin Booker, added to the viral aspect of the campaign with some Instagram back-and-forth with Jenner.
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It’s been a dream campaign for the brand, but one that King says is a tribute to everything Fanatics tries to do with every part of its vast sports and culture ecosystem.
“From day one, we were excited to partner with an icon like Kendall Jenner and, obviously, in today’s marketing world, doing something that kind of blends the social environment with the traditional media environment is truly a unique opportunity, but that’s the way you’re going to get maximum impact,” he explained.
“Dropping it on social and just seeing, frankly, the momentum and life it took on for itself was truly incredible. It’s the definition of going viral. You’re not the first person to tell me their wife or partner told them about the ad, which we absolutely love.
“So, really what it’s about is great creative execution with a great talent and dropped the right way that it took on the life of its own.”
Fanatics Betting & Gaming CEO Matt King is excited for another Super Bowl. (Fanatics / Fox News)
King added that most of the action so far has been on the Seattle Seahawks, meaning the public on Fanatics Sportsbook is fading, or going against, Jenner’s pick of the Patriots. That could change, though.
“We’re nowhere close to kickoff, so we have a lot more action to come in,” King said.
The Super Bowl is one of the most watched sporting events in the world every year, and with the legalization of sports gambling, the casual fan may try to place a bet. Whether it’s going with or against Jenner, guessing the correct Gatorade color poured on the winning coach or using Fanatics Markets, the company’s platform in the rapidly growing prediction market space, King emphasized the availability of responsible gaming tools.
“Responsible gaming obviously is important to us every day,” he said. “It is something where we want to put our tools, like deposit limits, front and center for everybody. When you get a lot of new users into the platform, a core part of our what we call our early-life journey for all users is to educate them about the tools that exist. The same will be true on Super Bowl Sunday for all new users to make them understand the tools are there in our experience with us and allow them to set limits if they want to.”
The Super Bowl ad campaign for Fanatics Sportbook with the Super Bowl on Sunday in Santa Clara completes a successful NFL season for the brand, which continues to find creative ways to break into a highly competitive industry.
Kendall Jenner arrives on “The Tonight Show” Jan. 28, 2026. (Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Images / Getty Images)
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“From our perspective, from the day we started this business, it was all about how we build a proposition that’s the best in the market,” King said. “We want consumers to kind of look at everything we offer together and say, “Fanatics is the best in the market.’
“We think, this football season, we really helped demonstrate we’re the best in the market, whether that’s the up to 10% FanCash you can earn, the Fair Play, the customer feedback on Fair Play has been truly incredible. If you look at social and the moments it happens, it’s a real differentiator.
“Candidly, our biggest challenge is really about awareness. So, our approach to growing the business is how do we focus on just raising awareness for all the things we can offer fans and have them recognize there is an alternative in the market that is superior? A lot of our work — you can see it in the Super Bowl campaign — is how we build awareness for the brand.”
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It also continues to evaluate demand for different Treasurys as it considers increasing future auction sizes.
Using new language, the Treasury said it is monitoring Federal Reserve purchases of short-term Treasury bills and “growing demand for Treasury bills from the private sector.”
That signals officials think that they could lean more on bills for funding than in the past.
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At only 20 years old, Sara Bejlek has already established herself as one of the most promising young talents on the WTA Tour. The Czech left-hander, once the world’s No. 4 junior, has transitioned to the professional ranks with impressive speed and maturity. In 2026 she sits inside the top 100 for the first time in her career and is widely regarded as the next big breakout star from the tennis powerhouse nation that produced Petra Kvitová, Karolína Plíšková, Barbora Krejčíková and Markéta Vondroušová.
Here are the 10 essential things every tennis fan should know about Sara Bejlek right now.
1. Record-Setting Junior Career
Bejlek was one of the most dominant juniors of her generation. She reached a career-high junior ranking of No. 4 in the world and won four ITF junior titles, including back-to-back Grade 1 titles in 2021 (Czech Indoor and Czech Open). She made the semifinals of the 2022 Australian Open juniors and the quarterfinals of the French Open juniors the same year. Her junior highlight came at the 2021 US Open juniors, where she reached the final before falling to Robin Montgomery.
She turned pro full-time at 16 and never looked back.
2. Fastest Climb to the WTA Top 200
Bejlek cracked the WTA top 200 for the first time in May 2023 at age 17 after winning three consecutive ITF W60 titles on clay (Prerov, Otočec, Prague). She became the youngest Czech woman to reach that milestone since Karolína Muchová in 2015. By the end of 2024 she was ranked No. 139 and in 2025 she finished the year at No. 92—her first top-100 season.
3. Clay-Court Specialist with Serious Power
Bejlek is a classic clay-court player with heavy topspin groundstrokes, excellent movement, and a dangerous lefty forehand that can flatten out into winners. Her average forehand speed on clay exceeds 78 mph, placing her among the fastest-hitting teenagers on tour. She won 78% of her main-draw ITF matches on clay between 2022 and 2025.
She is particularly dangerous when dictating with her forehand from the baseline and using sharp angles to open the court.
4. Breakthrough 2025 Season: First WTA Quarterfinal & Top-100 Finish
2025 was the breakout year. Bejlek reached her first WTA quarterfinal at the Prague Open in July (lost to Linda Nosková), made the third round of the US Open as a qualifier (defeating former top-20 player Elise Mertens), and finished the season inside the top 100 for the first time. She won two ITF W75 titles and reached the final of an ITF W100, posting a 52–19 win-loss record.
5. First WTA-Level Win Over a Top-20 Player
In the second round of the 2025 US Open, Bejlek defeated world No. 18 Elise Mertens 6–4, 7–5 in a tense three-set battle that lasted 2 hours 18 minutes. It was her first victory over a top-20 opponent and the biggest win of her career at the time. She followed it with a gritty third-round loss to eventual semifinalist Jessica Pegula.
6. Mental Toughness & Clutch Play
Bejlek has already shown championship-level composure in deciding sets. In 2025 she won 14 of her last 17 deciding sets and converted 68% of her break points in matches that went the distance. Coaches and opponents frequently praise her “ice-in-the-veins” mentality on big points.
7. Left-Handed Advantage & Serve Potential
As a lefty, Bejlek creates unique angles with her forehand and serve that right-handers find difficult to read. Her first serve averages 105–108 mph and she has been working intensively on adding kick and slice variety to her second serve. Analysts believe her serve could become a significant weapon once she adds more consistency and placement.
8. Czech Tennis Factory Continues to Produce
Bejlek is the latest product of the Czech tennis development system that has produced more Grand Slam champions per capita than any other nation over the last 15 years. She trains at the Prague Tennis Academy under coach David Škoch (former Davis Cup player) and frequently practices with Karolína Muchová and Linda Nosková. The Czech Republic now has six women ranked inside the top 100 in early 2026 — the most of any country outside the United States.
9. Off-Court Personality & Growing Brand
Bejlek is known for her dry humor, love of heavy metal music (she has Metallica and Slipknot tattoos), and candid interviews. She frequently engages with fans on social media and has built a loyal following in Central Europe. Her signature celebration—a quick double fist-pump followed by a point to the sky—has become recognizable.
She signed endorsement deals with Nike, Babolat, and a Czech energy-drink brand in 2025 and is starting to appear in fashion campaigns in Prague.
10. 2026 Goals: Top 50, First WTA Title & Grand Slam Fourth Round
Entering the 2026 season ranked No. 92, Bejlek is projected by most analysts to finish the year inside the top 50. Her goals are clear: win her first WTA title, reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam, and break into the top 40. With a healthy clay-court swing (she excels in Europe’s spring swing) and continued improvement on hard courts, many believe 2026 could be the year she truly announces herself as a top-30 player.
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