The CHGO Bulls crew welcome friend and Blazers reporter Sean Highkin for his thoughts on the Chicago Bulls hiring Tiago Splitter as their next head coach. The Bulls PR team made the Splitter hire official on Tuesday morning. So we had to talk to our guy Sean, longtime Blazers reported who also covered the Bulls during The Athletic’s inaugural season. Sean offers his insights to Peck and Big Dave on what made Splitter’s lone season as Portland’s interim head coach so special. Plus, what did Splitter’s players have to say about him as the season wrapped, and why didn’t the Blazers make a stronger effort to keep him?

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