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Kenny Beecham still remembers the exact day he fell in love with the Chicago Bulls.

April 15, 2003.

To set the scene: It’s the last game of the regular season. The Bulls are playing host to the Philadelphia 76ers, who are about to attempt another run to the NBA Finals. Allen Iverson is defending his title as, perhaps, the coolest hooper on the planet after winning MVP the year before. The Bulls, in comparison, dropped out of playoff contention weeks earlier.

Enter a young Jamal Crawford.

In his second year as a Bull, Crawford carried himself with an unburdened swagger that captivated a 7-year-old Beecham at home in his living room on the West Side. That carefree aggression was on full display midway through the second quarter, when Crawford

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