Coach Tiago Splitter finds out setting Bulls culture has growing pains
<p>LAS VEGAS — Tiago Splitter’s intent coming in: Coach the first few Summer League games so the Bulls’ young players get a sense of team culture and what’s going to be asked of them under a new regime.</p><p>As Monday’s embarrassing 80-63 loss showed, it sounded good on paper.</p><p>Hired last month for the job Billy Donovan stepped down from in April, Splitter coached his second Summer League game Monday after a few days of running practices and film sessions and answering some of the most burning questions about the Bulls (0-2).</p><p>The hottest one seems to be about the style of play he’ll implement on offense. Having won an NBA title with the Spurs 12 years ago, and having taken the Trail Blazers into the playoffs unexpectedly as their interim coach last season, he insisted that he wanted a share-the-ball mindset.</p><p>On the other hand, he’s quickly established himself as “a player’s coach,” in the words of rookie Caleb Wilson.
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<p>LAS VEGAS — Tiago Splitter’s intent coming in: Coach the first few Summer League games so the Bulls’ young players get a sense of team culture and what’s going to be asked of them under a new regime.</p><p>As Monday’s embarrassing 80-63 loss showed, it sounded good on paper.</p><p>Hired last month for the job Billy Donovan stepped down from in April, Splitter coached his second Summer League game Monday after a few days of running practices and film sessions and answering some of the most burning questions about the Bulls (0-2).</p><p>The hottest one seems to be about the style of play he’ll implement on offense. Having won an NBA title with the Spurs 12 years ago, and having taken the Trail Blazers into the playoffs unexpectedly as their interim coach last season, he insisted that he wanted a share-the-ball mindset.</p><p>On the other hand, he’s quickly established himself as “a player’s coach,” in the words of rookie Caleb Wilson. So when he saw Wilson heat up from the outside in the Bulls’ first game Friday, Splitter pushed his usual philosophy to the side for a few quarters and let Wilson cook. 4 overall selection from last month’s draft scored 35 points, including seven three-pointers, in a narrow loss to the Grizzlies.</p><p>It likely won’t be the norm for Splitter and it wasn’t against the undermanned Jazz, who without Darryn Peterson, but it shows his willingness to step away from the standard when it works.</p><p>“We don’t want the ball to stick,” Splitter said.
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- <p>LAS VEGAS — Tiago Splitter’s intent coming in: Coach the first few Summer League games so the Bulls’ young players get a sense of team culture and what’s going to be asked of them under a new regime.</p><p>As Monday’s embarrassing 80-63 loss showed, it sounded good on paper.</p><p>Hired last month for the job Billy Donovan stepped down from in April, Splitter coached his second Summer League game Monday after a few days of running practices and film sessions and answering some of the most burning questions about the Bulls (0-2).</p><p>The hottest one seems to be about the style of play he’ll implement on offense. Having won an NBA title with the Spurs 12 years ago, and having taken the Trail Blazers into the playoffs unexpectedly as their interim coach last season, he insisted that he wanted a share-the-ball mindset.</p><p>On the other hand, he’s quickly established himself as “a player’s coach,” in the words of rookie Caleb Wilson.
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