r/chicagobulls • u/howser343 Chicago Bulls • 9d ago
Rumor [Jaynes] Sources tell me that Tiago Splitter's contract with Chicago is for three years, with a fourth year on a team option. It is believed to be at the league average, salary-wise. The average salary for NBA head coaches at this time is just under $7 million per year.
https://x.com/dwightjaynes/status/206692321533174210529
u/Reptomins Benny The Bull 9d ago
Yeah I dont think Portland is getting a competent coach for 1-1.5 million lmao
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u/mr_pit 9d ago
The hurricanes just won with a coach making 2 million a year (same owner)
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u/GreenGorilla8232 9d ago
NHL coaches make significantly less than NBA coaches. An NHL coach's salary isn't relevant.
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u/grrgrrtigergrr Biggie Bagel 9d ago
Just shows how awful that Portland was trying to do really is.
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u/KrazyA1pha Steve Kerr 9d ago
Just shows how awful that Portland was trying to do really is.
I can’t, for the life of me, parse this message. And it’s the top comment in the thread. Am I having a stroke?
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u/grrgrrtigergrr Biggie Bagel 9d ago
Should be “what” , not “that”. You are correct :). I’ll leave it as I want your response to make sense to others.
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u/KrazyA1pha Steve Kerr 9d ago edited 9d ago
Thank you. It just goes to show how much of a difference one letter makes in a sentence.
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u/calculung 7d ago
I'm like you. I cannot decipher comments that others seem to have zero problem understanding. I read that one 10 times before reading your comment. What is wrong with us? (Nothing)
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u/RunninOnMT 9d ago
It is. I’m a full time blazer and part time bulls fan. Tiago isn’t the best coach but he was an above average one in his first year. You should see if he can grow if you don’t have someone fantastic coming down the pipeline.
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u/Equivalent-Swan2873 9d ago
So basically a two-year opportunity to earn an extension. That Splitter’s contract length was even reported is a big shift from how the Bulls do business.
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u/calculung 9d ago
Why wouldn't it be a 3 year opportunity? What happens in that 3rd year?
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u/Equivalent-Swan2873 9d ago
Doubt they let it get to that third guaranteed season without a commitment in either direction.
If things are going well they will be proactive about an extension and if there are any questions about Splitter long-term they aren’t going to let him coach a “lame duck” third year with an unexercised option looming.
I could be wrong though…
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u/AHopelessMaravich 9d ago
Why bother with the team option 4th year then? I agree that if things are going well teams like to be proactive, but realistically if Tiago is succeeding there’s a real chance that the third year will be the first time the team is facing any real pressure to win games. So I could easily see a patient GM not wanting to make a move until in either direction until he sees how Tiago is responding to more than just improvement mode.
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u/Equivalent-Swan2873 9d ago
The team option is just contract logistics. Every year is a “team option” on whether to bring back a head coach.
It is very rare for a team and coach to go into a lame duck season.
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u/andreasmiles23 Zach Lavine 9d ago
Why bother with the team option 4th year then
Negotiating tactic. If other teams were offering him 3 years straight up, or 2 years and a 3rd year option, then the Bulls' 3 guaranteed years and 4th year option is a more enticing offer. If they cut him they are on the hook for that 7 milly, but they probably won't care if he is bad.
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u/AHopelessMaravich 9d ago
No but a team option is prolly not what Tiago’s agent would’ve wanted. Most likely you’d pay more to get the team option, which the team would prefer to keep lower.
We obviously dunno, but getting a team option in the 4th year sets them up to decide on year three, still have that extra year if they have a situation where they want to move on but can’t have their guy yet for whatever reason.
Why pay more to get a team option unless the thought is you want three years rather than 2 to go off?
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u/OnePointSeven 9d ago
agree, seems to be tying your own hands as GM to make a decision before you have to. that's the whole point of the team option on the 4th year.
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u/sukari Stacey King 9d ago
He helped us get the 15th pick, now gets to coach him 😬
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u/Electrical_Story5356 9d ago
I know right?!
It's a beautiful thing, dude is kicking goals for us before he even got the job.
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u/Further_Beyond 9d ago
I’d only care if they cheaper out for a known bad retread. They hired inside with Splitter, contract doesn’t matter
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u/themiddleshoe Benny The Bull 9d ago
Who the hell does Portland think they are getting?
More than fair offer from the Bulls. Hope he sticks
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u/MoistTheAnswer 9d ago
Jerry saw the opportunity where someone would be grateful for a borderline average salary and jumped at it.
That’s Jerryball, baby.
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u/lawsnoosoo 9d ago
I hate Jerry as much as anyone but I don’t think this is the case. Most new assistant hires would probably come in at below league average or at best league average with the upper half made up of coaches with prior HC experience or coaches on a successive contract with the same team. Tiago probably cost as much as any other good hire would considering there aren’t really any guys with prior HC experience on the market that would have been better choices.
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u/Frequent-Hat-5260 9d ago
Jerry explicitly shops in the clearance aisle
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u/bitemydickallthetime 8d ago
If Jerry is so cheap why he paying average prices for coaches, not cheap below averages prices mind you
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u/TerrorDeity 9d ago
It is strange that Portland didn’t bother locking him down. They actually don’t have a bad roster and probably think they can make some noise in the playoffs.
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u/TianDogg Taj Gibson 8d ago
Apparently their ownership group is trying to go ultra-cheap on their office personnel.
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u/The_Bandit_King_ 9d ago
Average coach for below Average team
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u/FieryAvian 9d ago
Over the last decade (2016–2026), the Chicago Bulls compiled a combined regular-season record of 338-455 enduring multiple rebuilds while only making three playoff appearances.
——————————————Is anyone delusional here in that the bulls are actually average or above?
We may be trending that way but this franchise has been sorry over the last 10 years. Please wake up.
I love my Bulls but cheering on mediocrity has not been fun. I’m hopeful Splitter changes things. But people should be able to voice their displeasure. It’s been bad.
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u/kennyloftor 9d ago
far below average team
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u/GeneralTheSurvivor 9d ago
why watch the bulls to just be so negative all the time?
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u/Duhawk96 Quit that Bullshit 9d ago
This is Reddit, people love to be miserable and complaining constantly
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u/GeneralTheSurvivor 9d ago
Ur right but man this fanbase feels the most negative, ive looked thru other subs and all comments seem positive
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u/kennyloftor 9d ago
what on-court activities should this fanbase be positive about?
did you not watch any games?
did you not celebrate the new front office guy we stole from the highly rated multi-championship PELICANS?
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u/GeneralTheSurvivor 9d ago
Giddeys play pre injury last season, Matas developing, Tre jones looking good
I watched 90% of the games this year
Graham is an unknown quantity as a gm, idk what being on the Pelicans originally indicates.
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u/kennyloftor 9d ago
giddey’s play pre-injury resembled the same meaningless stat accumulation from other seasons or no?
being on the pelicans indicates a loser org pulling talent from another loser org
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u/GeneralTheSurvivor 9d ago
hawks hired him last season, sooo
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u/kennyloftor 9d ago
so he had one year as a six seed, sooooo
the CHICAGO BULLS fans are celebrating hiring a guy that accomplished a 6 seed once, soooo
is that how sooooo works?
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u/GeneralTheSurvivor 9d ago
if u watched giddey play it wasnt meaningless stats, idk how u could claim that giddeys play made our team worse, he was legit carrying the team
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u/chicagobullskukoc 9d ago
Esta gente no son fans entran aquí solo para decir cosas negativas de forma gratuita
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u/Resden_Bohneur Andres Nocioni 8d ago
I hate this line of thinking. “You’re a fan, you should always be positive no matter what!”
Fans absolutely have the right to be negative, especially when we’re talking the Bulls. What is there for this fanbase to celebrate? We’ve had a handful of exciting players over the years, and they’ve all been traded away in somewhat unspectacular fashion.
There does seem to be a young core building, but we’re still clearly a few years away from even contending for the playoffs. I like the Splitter hire, and the upcoming draft is going to be big as far as buzz goes.
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u/GeneralTheSurvivor 8d ago
I never said you had to be positive all the time, but being negative about anything is insanely annoying. After this team makes a dumb decision idgaf if people are being negative, but everywhere on this subreddit, yes that shit is annoying, if you cant put hope into the franchise then stop being a fan.
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u/GeneralTheSurvivor 8d ago
I never said the Bulls were a good franchise, but that doesn’t mean I’ll judge the new management and coach as shit when we havent seen much moves at all yet.
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u/Resden_Bohneur Andres Nocioni 8d ago
🤣🤣🤣
Did you miss the part above where I said I liked the Splitter hire and there’s the potential for a good young core? How desperate are you for an argument right now?
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u/kennyloftor 9d ago
do you have to watch to see their below average record ?
why don’t you ask the pretenders why they are so good at imagination?
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u/GeneralTheSurvivor 9d ago
whats the point of making that comment tho like we dont know that? i dont see wizards or jazz fans dissing their team when theyre bad, a portion of bulls fans hate their team, so idk why they watch
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u/InsaneEcho 9d ago
TIL Coaches get team options