{"id":743889,"date":"2026-05-25T21:33:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T21:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/743889\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T21:33:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T21:33:17","slug":"cavaliers-assistant-named-as-potential-option-for-bulls-head-coach-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/743889\/","title":{"rendered":"Cavaliers Assistant Named as Potential Option For Bulls Head Coach Opening"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Chicago Bulls<\/a> are starting fresh with new front office members and a new head coach.<\/p>\n

The Bulls have already focused in on San Antonio<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0Sean Sweeney, Minnesota<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0Micah Nori, Oklahoma City<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0Dave Bliss, Miami<\/a>‘s Chris Quinn and Charlotte\u2019s\u00a0Lamar Skeeter as potential first-time coaches, and each of them are highly regarded as an assistant across the league.<\/p>\n

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And, another name has surfaced as a possible candidate: Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> coach Johnnie Bryant, according to Michael Scotto of Hoops Hype<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Furthermore, Cleveland Cavaliers associate head coach\u00a0Johnnie Bryant\u00a0is a potential candidate being considered for Chicago\u2019s head coaching position, league sources told HoopsHype. Bryant was a\u00a0finalist<\/a>\u00a0for Phoenix\u2019s head coaching job before\u00a0Jordan Ott\u00a0was ultimately hired,” Scotto wrote.<\/p>\n

Bryant was an assistant with the Utah Jazz<\/a> from 2014 until 2020, then he spent time with the New York Knicks<\/a> from 2020 to 2024 before going to Cleveland.<\/p>\n

Bulls Also Exploring Veteran Coaches for the Job\"Chicago<\/p>\n

Chicago Bulls head coach Billy Donovan looks on from the bench during the first half at United Center. Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Replacing Donovan is not going to be easy, and while the Bulls are interviewing plenty of first-time head coaches, some veterans are also garnering interest.<\/p>\n

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Those names include Jerry Stackhouse, as well as Portland Trail Blazers<\/a> interim coach Tiago Splitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Other veterans have also been linked to Chicago, according to Scotto.<\/p>\n

“Others with NBA head coaching experience, such as\u00a0Wes Unseld Jr.\u00a0and\u00a0James Borrego, have been linked to the Chicago Bulls due to the team’s organizational ties,” Scotto wrote.<\/p>\n

Unseld was an assistant under Donovan in Chicago, although with some new members of the front office, that might not be much of an advantage during the process.<\/p>\n

Splitter is also reportedly one of the finalists for the Blazers job, so there is a chance he stays in Portland.<\/p>\n

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All in all, the Bulls are casting a wide net. In the end, Scotto says there is a “strong chance” that Chicago hires a first-time head coach, although the path to a playoff berth is not easy, given plenty of questions with the roster and the immediate future of the team.<\/p>\n

Related: 2 Rising Assistants Linked to Mavericks Job After Parting Ways With Jason Kidd<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Lindys Sports<\/a> on May 25, 2026, where it first appeared in the NBA<\/a> section. Add Lindys Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Chicago Bulls are starting fresh with new front office members and a new head coach. The Bulls…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":743890,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3771],"tags":[7,3363,920,919,329,3824,193,2559,3360,17731,11782,295,7057,307,6,191,475,471,969,15840,427],"class_list":["post-743889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago-bulls","tag-basketball","tag-billy-donovan","tag-bulls","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-bulls","tag-chicagobulls","tag-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-head-coach","tag-head-coaches","tag-hoops-hype","tag-johnnie-bryant","tag-miami","tag-michael-scotto","tag-minnesota","tag-nba","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-oklahoma-city","tag-portland-trail-blazers","tag-san-antonio","tag-tiago-splitter","tag-utah-jazz"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116637362301932216","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=743889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/743890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=743889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=743889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=743889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}