Tiago Splitter couldn’t explain why Noa Essengue seemed to spend a majority of his Summer League minutes knocked down on the hardwood rather than upright and showing promise in Year 2. It obviously irked the new Bulls head coach, however, evident by the f... See more
LAS VEGAS – Alabama guard Labaron Philon Jr. was selected No. 22 overall in last month’s NBA Draft. In his first two Summer League games he averaged 21 points, while handing out 13 total assists and doing so with a swagger that few in this vaunted rookie ... See more
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. As Monday’s embarrassing 80-63 loss showed, it sounded ... See more
This isn’t your father’s Summer League. It might not even be your older brother’s. Ten years ago, the Summer League courtside seats were a few veteran teammates coming to watch the young guys, some family members, and boxer Floyd “Money” Mayweather with h... See more
There was a time former Bulls vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas had a script. His biggest problem, however, was too much ad-libbing. In the NBA, that often can earn one the title of ‘‘former.’’ When Karnisovas should have been zig... See more
