Tag: Tiago Splitter

Tiago Splitter leaves Rockets to become head coach of Paris Basketball

After spending one season as an assistant to Ime Udoka in Houston, Tiago Splitter is leaving the Rockets to take a head coaching job in Europe.

After serving one season (2023-24) as an assistant on the bench of head coach Ime Udoka, Tiago Splitter is leaving the Houston Rockets to become head coach at Paris Basketball.

Before his year in Houston, Splitter was an assistant in Brooklyn, where he worked alongside Udoka in the 2020-21 season. Prior to that, when Udoka was an assistant to Gregg Popovich for seven seasons in San Antonio, several of those teams featured Splitter as a player. That run included the Spurs’ 2014 NBA championship.

Splitter became one of the more accomplished international big men of his generation, and he used that experience to help guide rising Turkish star Alperen Sengun in his third NBA season.

Splitter, 39, was part of a Houston coaching staff that clearly prioritized youth and energy alongside the 46-year-old Udoka. Other young assistants on the 2023-24 Rockets bench included Ben Sullivan, Garrett Jackson, Mike Moser, Royal Ivey, and Cam Hodges.

Udoka hasn’t announced his coaching staff for the upcoming 2024-25 season, so it isn’t yet clear if an external hire will replace Splitter or if he could potentially be replaced from within.

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Updated 2023-2024 Houston Rockets roster, salaries after free agency

After an extremely busy 2023 free agency, here’s an updated look at the #Rockets roster and salaries entering the 2023-24 NBA season.

When we last saw the Houston Rockets play a regular-season game in April, they were one of the NBA’s youngest teams and directed by a relatively unproven head coach in Stephen Silas.

The situation has changed significantly in the months since. Ime Udoka replaced Silas as head coach and brought in his own staff of assistants, while general manager Rafael Stone spent more than $60 million in 2023 free agency to sign veteran players Fred VanVleet, Dillon Brooks, Jeff Green and Jock Landale.

Those veterans will surround Houston’s young core of Jalen Green, Alperen Sengun, Kevin Porter Jr., Jabari Smith Jr., Tari Eason and newly drafted 2023 rookies Amen Thompson and Cam Whitmore.

As of early August, here’s an updated look at where things stand with the Rockets’ coaching staff and roster of players entering the 2023-24 NBA season. Many of the team’s newcomers will not have their jersey numbers revealed until closer to training camp, which is scheduled to start in early October.

Height and weight information is from NBA.com, while salary details are from HoopsHype figures. Ages are as of Aug. 1, 2023.

Rockets head coach Ime Udoka officially announces coaching staff

#Rockets head coach Ime Udoka announced Ben Sullivan, Royal Ivey, Garrett Jackson, Tiago Splitter, Cam Hodges, and Mike Moser as his assistants for the 2023-24 season.

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On Monday, Houston Rockets head coach Ime Udoka announced his staff for the 2023-24 NBA season. Joining the team as assistant coaches are Ben Sullivan, Royal Ivey, Garrett Jackson, Tiago Splitter, Cam Hodges and Mike Moser.

Sullivan was an assistant coach with Boston the past two seasons, including on Udoka’s staff in 2021-22. Prior to joining the Celtics, Sullivan spent seven seasons as an assistant on Mike Budenholzer’s staff in Atlanta and Milwaukee. He helped the Bucks win the championship in 2020-21. Sullivan began his NBA career as an assistant video coordinator with San Antonio after being recommended by Udoka, who was then an assistant with the Spurs.

Ivey joins the Rockets from Brooklyn, where he spent the past three seasons as an assistant coach, including alongside Udoka on Steve Nash’s staff in 2020-21. After finishing his 10-year NBA career, Ivey became an assistant coach for Oklahoma City’s G League affiliate, the Blue. He transitioned into an assistant coach role for the Thunder and was also an assistant coach with his hometown Knicks. Ivey completed his career at the University of Texas as the school’s all-time leader in starts.

Jackson spent the past two seasons as a player enhancement coach for Boston. The Portland native played overseas following his collegiate career at USC and Saint Mary’s. Jackson was a graduate manager for Hawaii men’s team in 2018-19 before taking an internship with the Spurs’ video department.

Splitter spent the past four seasons as an assistant coach with the Nets and worked alongside Udoka in 2020-21. Following a standout playing career in Spain, Splitter joined the Spurs in 2010-11 and started 18 playoff games during their championship run in 2013-14. He has been an assistant coach for the Brazilian national team and served as head coach of their under-23 squad.

Hodges was a coaching associate for the Los Angeles Clippers for the past three seasons after serving as player development coach for Philadelphia in 2019-20 when Udoka was an assistant. He also worked three seasons as a player development assistant for the Spurs. Hodges, who served eight years in the U.S. Army Reserve, played overseas before interning with the Erie Bayhawks in the G League.

Moser was a player enhancement coach for Boston last season after serving as an assistant coach for the Oregon Ducks women’s team in 2021-22. As a redshirt senior for Oregon, he earned All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention. Moser played overseas for several years with stops in Lithuania, Israel, Kosovo, Qatar, Finland and France.

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Ime Udoka, Rockets reportedly naming Tiago Splitter as assistant coach

Ime Udoka is expected to hire Brooklyn’s Tiago Splitter as a #Rockets assistant coach, as first reported by @KellyIko of The Athletic.

The Houston Rockets and new head coach Ime Udoka are close to naming NBA veteran Tiago Splitter as an assistant coach, as first reported by Kelly Iko of The Athletic. Splitter has worked as an assistant in Brooklyn since 2019.

When Udoka was an assistant to Gregg Popovich for seven seasons in San Antonio, several of those featured Splitter as a key rotation player. That run included the Spurs’ 2014 championship.

Then, Splitter worked alongside Udoka as an assistant with the Nets in the 2020-21 season. At the time, Steve Nash was in the lead chair. Between those two stints, there seems to be a clear rapport.

Splitter, 38, becomes the latest member of a Houston coaching staff that is clearly prioritizing youth and energy. While Udoka’s complete staff with the Rockets has yet to be announced, names expected to be included on the final list are Boston’s Ben Sullivan, Garrett Jackson and Mike Moser, along with Splitter and Royal Ivey from Brooklyn and Cam Hodges from the Los Angeles Clippers.

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Every player in Philadelphia 76ers history who has worn No. 47

Here is every player in Philadelphia 76ers history who has worn the number 47 uniform.

The Philadelphia 76ers are one of the older franchises in the NBA with their history spanning all the way back to the 1949-50 season. With that much time under their belt in the NBA, they have had a ton of players come through and make their impact on the City of Brotherly Love.

With it now being the offseason, now is a time to go through some of that Sixers history. In this edition, Sixers Wire is going to make a list of the one player who has worn the No. 47 jersey in the history of the franchise. This will be a running series to go through all of the uniform numbers worn for Philadelphia.

The latest edition of this series was a list compiling the 10 players who have worn the No. 50.

With that being said, here is the one player who wore No. 47 in Sixers history: