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Bulls fall to Cavs, but the NBA trade season can now officially heat up

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Bulls stumble yet again against the Cavaliers, as the NBA trade season heats up with trade restrictions on the rest of the NBA players that signed contracts last offseason now lifted.

CLEVELAND – At some point, it all becomes numbing.

The rumors, the speculation, the anxiety … everything. That’s why DeMar DeRozan was able to cleanse himself of all of that early on in his career, treating trade talk with the same reverence he gives doubters and critics.

None.

So while Monday lifted the trade restrictions on the rest of the NBA players that signed contracts last offseason – basically allowing trade talks to get serious leading up to the Feb.