
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. Most recently, Splitter had worked as an assistant in Brooklyn from 2019 onward.
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.