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Billy Donovan was not out of a job for long. Donovan has agreed to become the head coach of the Chicago Bulls, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported on Tuesday. Donovan was let go by the Oklahoma City Thunder after the team was eliminated from the …
Billy Donovan may not have to wait very long at all for his next NBA job. Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN reported Tuesday that the Chicago Bulls are expected to have interest in Donovan, who was just let go by the Oklahoma City Thunder. Sam Amick of The …
Billy Donovan’s time as the Oklahoma City Thunder’s head coach has come to an end. Donovan’s contract expired at the end of the season and OKC will not bring him back, the team announced on Tuesday. The Thunder were one of the …
Jaylen Brown is having a breakout year with the Boston Celtics this year, and Billy Donovan may find it ironic that Brown is putting up such big numbers in his fourth NBA year. Based on what Donovan said to Brown years ago, it sounds like the …
Paul George’s request for a trade this summer came as a shock to everybody on the outside, and apparently even some on the inside as well. In an interview with Berry Tramel of The Oklahoman that ran this weekend, Oklahoma City Thunder head …
The Oklahoma City Thunder saw their season end on a disappointing note last week when they lost four out of five games against the Portland Trail Blazers, but it appears head coach Billy Donovan does not have to worry about his job status heading …
Two Oklahoma City Thunder players were suspended for leaving the bench during a scuffle with the Chicago Bulls on Monday night, and head coach Billy Donovan is not happy about it. Donovan on Wednesday expressed his disappointment with the 1-game …
The Oklahoma City Thunder appear to be committed to Billy Donovan at least into next season, but the head coach could earn even more job security if his team impresses in the postseason this year. Donovan had the fifth-year option on his contract …
The NBA is a “get wins or get out” enterprise. The business can be callous at times, spurning head coaches who have seemingly earned job security — a lesson Dwane Casey learned the hard way in May. It’s still hard to imagine Casey on the …
Paul George is trying his best to cool Billy Donovan’s presumptive hot seat. Speaking with reporters on Tuesday after the Oklahoma City Thunder fell to 12-14 on the season with a double-digit loss to the Charlotte Hornets the night before, …
The 2016-17 NBA season was a time of peace on earth and goodwill towards head coaches — not a single one was fired, marking the first time that had happened since at least Millard Fillmore’s presidency. But the same cannot be said about …
Billy Donovan is taking the high road in reply to Kevin Durant’s Twitter shade. Speaking at Media Day on Monday, the Oklahoma City Thunder head coach was asked about Durant’s recent tweets criticizing him. “We did …
The Oklahoma City Thunder were careful to avoid overworking Russell Westbrook during the regular season, but those restrictions are off for the playoffs. Thunder coach Billy Donovan admitted that Westbrook will almost certainly see more action during …
It seems that Billy Donovan won’t be returning to the college ranks anytime soon. The Oklahoma State Thunder coach, who has been linked to the vacant Indiana job, shot down those rumors Sunday, saying he’s very happy in the NBA. Donovan …
If postgame press conferences were a game of poker, the chips would have been pushed all-in on Billy Donovan because the OKC Thunder head coach was so clearly bluffing with one of his answers. All anyone could talk about after the Oklahoma City …
The Oklahoma City Thunder have lost five of their last seven games and are slowly losing ground in the Western Conference. A lot of physical mistakes have contributed to the poor stretch of play, but head coach Billy Donovan sees more to it than …
