A winning team could bring out a different side of Jazz coach Will Hardy

A winning team could bring out a different side of Jazz coach Will Hardy

After four years of coaching a tanking team, what will Utah Jazz head coach Will Hardy show when coaching a team that is supposed to win games?

Northwest Notes: Splitter, Nuggets, Daigneault, Hardy

Tiago Splitter has emulated Gregg Popovich as interim head coach of the Trail Blazers, writes Tom Orsborn of The San Antonio Express-News. Splitter, 41, spent five of his seven NBA seasons playing in San Antonio under Popovich, including winning a title in 2014. “The way he treats people makes you feel like you are part of a family,” Splitter said of Popovich, who retired from coaching last May as the NBA’s all-time winningest coach after leadin…