The Things We Learn in Sports This Week May 30-June 5

5. The Elvis movement continues in the NBA

Fred Hoiberg take overs the Bulls
Fred Hoiberg take overs the Bulls

 

The Bulls have hired former Iowa State head coach Fred Hoiberg to replace coach Tom Thibodeau, who was fired earlier in the week. Hoiberg will take over a team that had the Cleveland Cavaliers down 2-1 in the semi-finals, before falling apart. It would seem that the team isn’t far away with the talent that it already has. So like Steve Kerr, Billy Donovan, and Alvin Gentry, Hoiberg will receive create for a team that he didn’t help build or develop. But that the new NBA.

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4. The NBA finals are set