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Shams: Billy Donovan stepping down as HC of Bulls

Posted on 4/21/26 at 9:39 am
Posted by sicboy
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Posted on 4/21/26 at 9:39 am
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Posted by LSShoe1030
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Posted on 4/21/26 at 9:40 am to
Back to Florida
Posted by sicboy
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Posted on 4/21/26 at 9:41 am to
I feel like Billy aged hard, but it's been some time since he was at UF.

Posted by The Egg
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Posted on 4/21/26 at 9:43 am to
UNC panicked didn't they
Posted by Fun Bunch
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Posted on 4/21/26 at 9:47 am to
Golden to Golden State, Donovan back to Florida
Posted by HailHailtoMichigan!
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Posted on 4/21/26 at 9:47 am to
Did Billy have a health issue? He looks gaunt, especially in neck
Posted by OU Guy
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Posted on 4/21/26 at 9:52 am to
Funny story. Presti offered him to stay at OKC and do the rebuild. He declined and said he didn’t want to go through that. Even though he made money in Chicago I bet he regrets that decision.
Posted by GeauxPanthers2
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Posted on 4/21/26 at 9:53 am to
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Golden to Golden State, Donovan back to Florida

Would be something.
Posted by GeauxPanthers2
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Posted on 4/21/26 at 9:53 am to
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Funny story. Presti offered him to stay at OKC and do the rebuild. He declined and said he didn’t want to go through that. Even though he made money in Chicago I bet he regrets that decision.

Outside of getting to coach Durant/Westbrook for one season, I wonder if he regrets leaving college period.
Posted by OU Guy
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Posted on 4/21/26 at 9:57 am to
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Outside of getting to coach Durant/Westbrook for one season, I wonder if he regrets leaving college period.


Presti made a mistake waiting an extra year to fire Scotty Brooks. Should have brought Billy in a year earlier and things might have been different.
Posted by sicboy
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Posted on 4/21/26 at 10:01 am to
Posted by OU Guy
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Posted on 4/21/26 at 10:06 am to
Yes, Bulls are bringing in a new GM and its same deal as OKC he doesn’t want to be part of rebuild.
Posted by xenythx
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Posted on 4/21/26 at 10:11 am to
The Bulls are in perpetual hell. They have one of the worst rosters every year but Billy refuses to tank and drags them to a fringe play-in team every year.
Posted by bgator85
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Posted on 4/21/26 at 10:27 am to
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I feel like Billy aged hard, but it's been some time since he was at UF.


I mean he is 60 years old. Ain't Billy the Kid anymore
Posted by Frac the world
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Posted on 4/21/26 at 10:39 am to
I feel like any other coach would’ve been canned by the Bulls 2-3 years ago, he didn’t do shite there.
Posted by saintsfan22
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Posted on 4/21/26 at 10:45 am to
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I feel like any other coach would’ve been canned by the Bulls 2-3 years ago, he didn’t do shite there.

Jordan heavy lifting keeping them from being another also ran franchise.
Posted by iwyLSUiwy
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Member since Apr 2008
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Posted on 4/21/26 at 10:46 am to
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Yes, Bulls are bringing in a new GM and its same deal as OKC he doesn’t want to be part of rebuild.


Mr. Donovan can I interest you in a crappy Pels team who actually want to run it back instead of rebuild? Freaking Dumars
Posted by GeauxPanthers2
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Member since Dec 2024
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Posted on 4/21/26 at 10:52 am to
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Presti made a mistake waiting an extra year to fire Scotty Brooks. Should have brought Billy in a year earlier and things might have been different.

Still wonder how the NBA landscape changes if OKC doesn't blow the 3-1 series lead to Golden State. Does Durant stay in OKC longer?
Posted by OU Guy
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Posted on 4/21/26 at 11:01 am to
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Still wonder how the NBA landscape changes if OKC doesn't blow the 3-1 series lead to Golden State. Does Durant stay in OKC longer?


KD is weak minded. He knew he was going to GS in Feb that year when he met up with Steph at the SB. GS didn’t need KD to win a title, they needed him off OKC to eliminate a threat.

And when OKC got up 3-1 all the sudden KD starts having his worst games. He mentally checked out and couldn’t process beating the team he was going to.

None of the GS fans give KD any credit for a ring. He tarnished his image for life with that one move. They used him to keep OKC from taking them down.

Billy had some great game plans in all 3 of those playoff series that year. And KD went mental.
Posted by RemouladeSawce
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Posted on 4/21/26 at 11:02 am to
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I feel like any other coach would’ve been canned by the Bulls 2-3 years ago, he didn’t do shite there.
What coach would have done shite there? Those rosters have been garbage. ~.500 was those teams’ ceiling, which he consistently got them to
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