Tiago Splitter, The Portland Trail Blazer’s current Interim Head Coach, got his first head coaching job with Paris Basketball in 2024. His stint in Paris was short, but in his only season he took Paris Basketball to the French Championship as well as the French Cup.
The Portland Trail Blazers lost a heartbreaking game to the Chicago Bulls last night, falling to a dagger three-pointer after mounting a 20-point comeback in the fourth quarter.
Note: Trail Blazers interim head coach Tiago Splitter has announced guard Shaedon Sharpe will be out for tonight’s game due to right calf soreness. Robert Williams III is also out due to left knee injury management.
On Friday, the Houston Rockets secured their first NBA Cup victory of the season, beating the Portland Trail Blazers 140-116. The Rockets were aficionados defensively, forcing 20 turnovers.
Christmas and the NBA go hand-in-hand. The day serves for the top hoops league in the world, like Thanksgiving for the NFL. However, while the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys are perpetual Thanksgiving participants, the NBA has mixed up the matchups and the teams throughout the years.
Portland Trail Blazers interim head coach Tiago Splitter has made the most out of the unique opportunity he was handed when former head coach Chauncey Billups was arrested in part of a shocking series of gambling-related charges made by the FBI.
It’s a week of reunions at the Toyota Center for the Houston Rockets. The headline on Wednesday was the return of former first-round pick Cam Whitmore.
Tiago Splitter is doing an amazing job as the interim head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers, and it might be time to make his appointment permanent.
The Portland Trail Blazers are only seven games into the 2025-26 season, but there are already some big storylines. While Tiago Splitter’s system is doing well defensively, the Blazers’ offense is chugging along.
Tiago Splitter led the Portland Trail Blazers to a 122-108 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday night. Splitter is the interim head coach of the Blazers, while Chauncey Billups is under investigation for gambling.
Deni Avdija registered 26 points, six assists and five rebounds as one of eight Portland players scoring in double digits to help the Trail Blazers rout the visiting Golden State Warriors 139-119 on Friday night.
The mood of the Portland Trail Blazers is dire. Head coach Chauncey Billups’ arrest on gambling-related charges has turned the beginning of what was supposed to be a routine season for the Blazers upside-down.
Tiago Splitter was named interim coach of the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday after the arrest of Chauncey Billups. Splitter, 40, will make his debut in the role on Friday night when the Trail Blazers host the Golden State Warriors.
The Trail Blazers made it official Thursday, naming assistant Tiago Splitter as interim head coach following Chauncey Billups’ arrest. “We are aware of the allegations involving head coach Chauncey Billups, and the Trail Blazers are fully cooperating with the investigation,” the team said in a statement.
The Portland Trail Blazers have decided who will be their interim head coach now that Chauncey Billups is facing criminal charges. The Blazers have named Tiago Splitter their interim head coach.
First-year Trail Blazers assistant Tiago Splitter will assume head coaching duties in Portland on an interim basis following Chauncey Billups‘ arrest on Thursday.
The Trail Blazers are turning to Tiago Splitter to lead the team while Chauncey Billups remains on leave. Splitter, a former NBA big man and 2014 champion with the Spurs, will serve as Portland’s acting head coach, according to Shams Charania of ESPN.
Tiago Splitter and Patrick St. Andrews are joining the Trail Blazers‘ coaching staff as assistants to Chauncey Billups, multiple sources tell Danny Marang of 1080 The Fan in Portland (X link).
Tiago Splitter knows both sides of the basketball world well. A EuroLeague champion and former NBA big man with a championship ring from his time with the San Antonio Spurs, Splitter has lived the cultural and stylistic divide between European and American basketball.
Gregg Popovich’s coaching tree is officially expanding overseas. French professional basketball team Paris Basketball announced to social media this week that they have hired former Spurs champion Tiago Splitter as their new head coach.