Sean Highkin believes Portland owner didn't want to pay Tiago Splitter (Hour 4)

Spiegel & Holmes Show

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4.2 • 652 Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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In the final hour, Matt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes were joined by Sean Highkin of the Rose Garden Report to share insight and background on new Bulls head coach Tiago Splitter, who most recently was the Blazers' interim head coach. Highkin explained why Splitter wasn't quickly promoted to the full-time head coaching role in Portland at season's end. Hint: It had nothing to do with his coaching acumen. Later, Spiegel and Holmes discussed a couple Cubs topics.

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0:00.0	Broadcasting live from the Hyundai Studios, presented to you in part by your local Hyundai dealers.
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0:36.1	Spiegel and Homes, afternoons on the score.
0:40.0	Tiago, you can point to one thing that you got better at as a coach
0:43.4	from the beginning of the season to now.
0:44.8	What would that be?
0:47.3	How to push the right buttons with the players.
0:51.9	How to coach them on the court during games, what we
1:00.7	need in certain moments.
1:02.0	I learn what the players need, how to get guys ready.
1:16.6	Also learn tendencies that they have throughout the game.
1:21.6	I think it's one thing is just to watch them on TV.
1:31.5	Another one is, you know, get the best out of them on a timeout, on a pregame speech,
1:35.4	on how you prepare and practice, stuff like that.
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