Donovan's NBA future looking uncertain

[78]

His future in Chicago is cloudy after a 4-8 start that has onlookers already wondering if he's lost the locker room. Things have gone south since persistent knee troubles sidelined point guard Lonzo Ball a year ago. The team is mired in a shooting slump.

The Bulls have made the playoffs in only one of Donovan's first three seasons. He signed a contract extension before the 2022-23 season.

Donovan walked away from a rebuild at Oklahoma City. He could be looking at another one. One wonders if the luster of the NBA and year-round basketball could be wearing thin for the former UF coach, now 58. He'd be a hot commodity if he returned to the college game.

 

[stephenPE]

He has had a great career. Billy the kid is almost 60.

 

[URGatorBait]

Any chance he wants to take up coaching football?

 

[78]

Think of the promotional angles with a Billy roaming the sideline in each sport.

 

[Joegator96]

Think of the promotional angles with a Billy roaming the sideline in each sport.

Yeah, add Billy Martin in baseball and we would have a tri-fecta. Yes, I know he is dead

 

[78]

Yeah, add Billy Martin in baseball and we would have a tri-fecta. Yes, I know he is dead

Billy the GOAT, check
Billy the GOAT, check
Billy's a goat, check

 

[MidwestChomp]

I was wondering the same thing and think it's only a matter of time before Chicago fires him. He might consider coaching at a small directional school in college, but the college game is so different with NIL.

If I was him, I wouldn't work another day.

 

[wrpgator]

I think he would make an excellent AD at a school where the BB court already bears his name.

 

[MidwestChomp]

I think he would make an excellent AD at a school where the BB court already bears his name.

I could see that more than Urban being AD here.

 

[78]

Billy's a gym rat. I think he just wants to coach. He'll either become a bonafide journeyman in the NBA or he'll return to the college ranks as coach, but I don't see him in an admin role.

 

[Spurffelbow833]

Any chance he wants to take up coaching football?

We already have zone defense down cold.

 

[t-gator]

I was wondering the same thing and think it's only a matter of time before Chicago fires him. He might consider coaching at a small directional school in college, but the college game is so different with NIL.

If I was him, I wouldn't work another day.

My guess is Louisville. He's gonna follow in petino 's footsteps. They're surely fixin to fire their coach.

 

[MidwestChomp]

My guess is Louisville. He's gonna follow in petino 's footsteps. They're surely fixin to fire their coach.

That would make sense. They would throw piles of cash at him, plus it would scare the crop outta Kentucky and the ACC. I like it!