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Bulls Add Lacey Grad Chris Fleming To Coaching Staff: Report
The Lacey High School product will serve as the top assistant to Bulls coach Jim Boylen, according to ESPN.
LACEY, N.J. — Chris Fleming's basketball journey has taken his from Lacey to Germany to Chicago, with several stops in between. The Chicago Bulls hired the Lacey Township High School product as coach Jim Boylen's top assistant, ESPN reported Wednesday.
Fleming most recently served as Brooklyn Nets assistant coach since 2016. Fleming is arguably the greatest men's basketball player in Ocean County history, playing professionally with QTSV in Germany from 1994-2000.
Although the Bulls haven't made the hire official, NBA scoop guru Adrian Wojnarowski announced the move Wednesday.
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Bulls coach Jim Boylen is hiring Nets assistant Chris Fleming to serve as his top assistant coach, league sources tell ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) May 8, 2019
Fleming was part of a Nets coaching staff for a team that improved by 14 wins to 42-40 this season. The Nets made the playoffs for the first time since 2015.
Fleming scored 2,235 points with Lacey Township High School, graduating in 1988, according to 92.7 WOBM. He would've scored more had the 3-point line been introduced before his senior year, when he averaged 32 points per game.
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