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Billy Donovan hiring another sign these aren’t the same old Bulls

Suddenly, the rebuild label seems cheap and obsolete.

Sure, the names in the Bulls locker room scream “unproven,’’ but the hiring of Billy Donovan as the new head coach is evidence that something bigger is going on throughout the offices of the Advocate Center.

Something a tortured fan base should start embracing.

Something that even forced Zach LaVine to interrupt a live gaming stream of Call of Duty to take note of.

“Oh damn, we got Billy Donovan as our next coach,’’ LaVine blurted out in mid-stream on Facebook Gaming from his hotel room Tuesday.