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Chris Fleming’s seat did not stay empty for long.
After parting ways with the assistant coach following a season in which Bulls executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas called falling “short of expectations,” the coaching staff found an experienced replacement in Wes Unseld Jr.
The Bulls’ public relations staff confirmed the ESPN report from earlier on Saturday afternoon, as Unseld Jr. not only has a Denver connection with Karnisovas, but also has head coaching experience with his two-plus seasons with the Washington Wizards.
That doesn’t mean that Karnisovas and head coach Billy Donovan are done building the coaching staff out, still looking at a vacancy left by Josh Longstaff leaving for Charlotte to join Charles Lee’s staff.