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You should talk about it! Say, “I’ve always thought our conversations were pretty benign. I never judge anyone you’ve told me about, and honestly think we’re all pretty boring. But does it really bother you, or were you just blowing off steam?”

Photos of the Chicago Bulls’ 138-112 loss to the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022, at the United Center. (Chris Sweda) Bulls guard Zach LaVine (8) looks on as Nets guards Patty Mills (8) and James Harden (13) celebrate in the first half at the United Center on Jan. 12, 2022. (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune) Bulls forward Derrick Jones Jr. (5) suffers an injury in the first half. (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune) Bulls forward Derrick Jones Jr. (5) is helped off the floor after suffering an injury in the first half. (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune) Bulls forward Derrick Jones Jr. (5) is helped off the floor after suffering an injury in the first half. (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune) Bulls guard Zach LaVine (8) loses the ball as he drives on Nets guard Patty Mills in the first half. (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune) Bulls guard Zach LaVine (8) dunks the ball in the first half. (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune) Bulls forward DeMar DeRozan (11) shoots over Nets guard DeAndre’ Bembry (95) in the first half. (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune) Bulls guard Zach LaVine (8) drives on Nets forward Kessler Edwards (14) in the first half. (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune) Nets guard Kyrie Irving (11) drives on Bulls forward Troy Brown Jr. (7) in the first half. (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune) Bulls forward DeMar DeRozan (11) looks for a foul as he falls in the first half. (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune)

Officers work the scene where a 14-year-old boy was shot in the head near the 1400 block of West 73rd Street in the Englewood neighborhood Wednesday Jan. 12, 2022 in Chicago. Earlier in the day a 14-year-old boy was fatally shot on the street on 2200 block of West Adams nearly half a mile from the United Center. (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune)

What’s been said: “He is a guy who has done pro, he has done college, has a really good understanding of research, his learning contracts — I just think he has a broad skill set,” Berry said in a 2020 release when he promoted Cook. “He is a talented evaluator and he has got really great people skills. I think he will work well, not only managing our scouts, but also our scouting research function, which is really a hybrid area between traditional evaluation and research and strategy, and I think that is really important for the person that is going to run day-to-day personnel within the organization.”

The altercation, captured on video, appears to show O’Dekirk grabbing Victor Williams Jr., a Lockport man who was 23 at the time, by the collar and forcibly walking him backward to a police vehicle at a chaotic public demonstration. The May 31 demonstration was one of many protests across the country that came in the wake of Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police.