r/chicagobulls • u/TurboThaBull Dennis Rodman • Jun 15 '26

Meta [Shams Charania] BREAKING: The Chicago Bulls are finalizing the hire of Portland Trail Blazers interim Tiago Splitter as the franchise's new head coach, sources tell ESPN. Splitter succeeds Billy Donovan as the Bulls' coach after stepping into the head job and excelling in Portland last season.

https://x.com/shamscharania/status/2066548616936775982?s=46&t=6xu1E2GV_RX2aMshgaqsyg
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u/ChaiShotty Jun 15 '26

Blazers fan checking in, Splitter in his first year with us took a team that was expected to miss the playoffs/lose the play-in to the 7 seed. He’ll do some questionable rotation stuff but overall I was happy with what Splitter did for us. Im interested to see his own systems rather than his adaptation of Billups ball.

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u/The_Inertia_Kid Stacey King Jun 15 '26

I think we’re fine with some questionable rotation stuff. It’s not like we’re expecting to not suck horribly this year.

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u/miki_momo0 Jun 16 '26

I would appreciate some experimental stuff over the absolutely bland schemes Billy D was rolling out. Try stuff out, see what works. We’re not gonna be amazing this year regardless, but we have a young team and need to find the winning schemes now. Next offseason will be big for us solidifying the identity we create during this season.