Wes Unseld Jr., who lost his job as head coach of the Washington Wizards a few months ago, became the right-hand man of Chicago Bulls head coach Billy Donovan this summer.
A report from ‘NBC Sports’ said Unseld Jr. is the son of Hall of Fame center Wes Unseld Sr., with the coaching role the legendary heir moved to manage the Wizards last year. 2021 after working in the industry as an assistant for more than 15 years.
Mainly at the Wizards and Denver Nuggets for more than 12 years, with his last position before becoming number one being the 2020-21 season as assistant head coach to Michael Malone at Mile High.
As for coming to work at United Center this summer, he will work with Artunas Karnisovas, the Bulls’ top executive, whom he has known since he was in Denver, in a general manager role.
Overall, the head coach’s duties at Capital One Arena were not good at all, 35-47 in the first two seasons, then in 2023-24 they began at a bad 7-36, so he was demoted from the role of head coach. to a floating position such as a management advisor
When Brian Keefe came in to replace him, the second half of the season didn’t improve, with a record of 8-31, missing the playoffs 3 years in a row, a total of 5 out of the last 6 seasons.
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