Billy Donovan hired as next Bulls coach - Full coaching staff p43

[LateNight]

Sorry if already posted.

Woj on the hring.

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Is his name pronounced “Don-ovan” or “Dun-ovan”? Woj kept saying “Dunovan”

[Jimako10]

[Chi town]

Here’s the thing about Sato that everybody should know. You can’t have your point guard in your starting line up averaging 9 points and 5 assist and 32 percent from 3. While putting up those stats you can’t be a bad defender on top of that. His basketball IQ is extremely low as well. I don’t think Billy Donavan is going to put up with that.

Please do tell us what we should know about Sato.

This has never happened before.

[DASMACKDOWN]

just got some pretty flattering coverage on inside the nba! making waves!

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Fantastic! I now expect us to have allstars emerge in this group.

Barkley has like the worst takes on tv concerning predictions lol

[Chi town]

I think with a real coach the right players will start and develop.

That means Sato is starting, right?

Probably not on the team for much longer.

Played right into it

[The Rebel]

I think this is a great hire and indicates that Karnisovas is going to build the same way the Nuggets were built.

It may frustrate you guys at times, I know Nuggets fans got frustrated especially about 2 years ago, but trust me when I say that right now the 5 year rebuild was worth it.

The way it works is that the entire franchise focuses on development. The Nuggets at 1 time had almost as many assistant coaches and player development guys as they did players, and if you are paying attention you can see how it has paid off.

As the young guys develop and are ready for minutes than the guys who are not developing or veterans not in the long term plans are traded off. You will see things like when Nurkic was showing he was ready and already better than Mozgov, Mozgov was traded for 2 future 1sts. When Harris was ready for minutes they traded Afflalo for Barton and a pick. Joffrey Lauvergne was traded when it became apparent that both Jokic and Nurkic were better.

Old veterans will likely be brought in, guys like Mike Miller and Richard Jefferson, who were brought in to work with the young guys and occasionally play a handful of minutes when games would spiral out of control for the young guys.

You will see experts continually say that the Bulls have no direction, and then suddenly you will be making noise in the playoffs.

You guys have a younger mix of guys than we did when Connelly and AK took over, so maybe it will take you less time, but either way if you are patient it gets fun in a few years.

[d boy gentleman]

does this mean that the bulls actually paid a coach?

Just shows the greatness of Lord Arturas and Sir Marcus

[ATRAIN53]

I'm pretty MEH on this. I thought the guy was gonna go back to college - and maybe he would have if everything was normal and there was a campus he coveted.

Made it to the Conference Finals as a rookie coach - but that was Durant/Westbrook era.

He hasn't advanced past the 1st round since.

Kap speculating hes in the 5/25 range which seems insane for a coach without much hardware and post season success.

I've listened to a couple of interviews, Woj did a great one.
I can see how he can be a motivating type and esp to young kids with his college success.

Who knows. Maybe his own team with young guys that believe in him will bring out his best.
I do feel like he's a PG mentality guy and having a young buck like Coby White vs Westbrook or CP3 is something he wanted.

Joakim Noah would be going nuts if he was still here, he loves Billy D.
Maybe we can get him to come back here and coach with him?
I think aCoach Joakim Noah would be cool. Bulls fans would love him back in the fold.

Good luck dude, save us and make Zach and Coby All Stars please. Make us relevant again!

[DASMACKDOWN]

How much credit should Michael Reinsdorf now receive?

It seems he has fully bought into the make over of the franchise and wants it back to its former greatness.

He could have simply went halfway like we always have but I think he has finally turned the corner. The old way just wasn't working and it was getting worse each year.

I think people should be thankful for 2 things. The Allstar game being in Chicago and the front office getting totally embarrassed. As well as the award winning The Last Dance showing how awesome the dynasty years were.

I think both of them have made Michael say we need to get back to prominence again.

[greenl]

Kap speculating hes in the 5/25 range which seems insane for a coach without much hardware and post season success.

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5/25 is what they gave Hoiberg- who had zero NBA head coaching experience.

Donovan will, if nothing else, be competent. It's been quite awhile since the team had anyone competent in that role. Now it's up to AK to overhaul the roster.

[FriedRise]

How much credit should Michael Reinsdorf now receive?

It seems he has fully bought into the make over of the franchise and wants it back to its former greatness.

He could have simply went halfway like we always have but I think he has finally turned the corner. The old way just wasn't working and it was getting worse each year.

I think people should be thankful for 2 things. The Allstar game being in Chicago and the front office getting totally embarrassed. As well as the award winning The Last Dance showing how awesome the dynasty years were.

I think both of them have made Michael say we need to get back to prominence again.

100%. I think it shows a commitment from ownership because they could've just very easily kept Boylen instead of paying a pretty penny to get the most expensive head coach out there (who I might add, wouldn't have signed here if GarPax were still in charge). With COVID and the revenue going down from 0 ticket sales, they wouldn't have had to search far to justify staying pat with Boylen, but they proved us all wrong by going all-in on this culture reset. They also could've gone halfway by hiring a less expensive first-time head coach (Wes, Ime, etc.), but they didn't do that either.

AK is in charge - just like Michael Reinsdorf said in that press conference. No half measures. It's very un-Bulls like.

We've now restructured the Front Office, the medical staff, and the head coach. There's no reason to believe that they're gonna stop there. I expect the assistant coaches to be hired/flipped next before they take a good look at the roster.

[MrSparkle]

How much credit should Michael Reinsdorf now receive?

It seems he has fully bought into the make over of the franchise and wants it back to its former greatness.

He could have simply went halfway like we always have but I think he has finally turned the corner. The old way just wasn't working and it was getting worse each year.

I think people should be thankful for 2 things. The Allstar game being in Chicago and the front office getting totally embarrassed. As well as the award winning The Last Dance showing how awesome the dynasty years were.

I think both of them have made Michael say we need to get back to prominence again.

It was a perfect storm with the ASG and MJ doc. Bulls were in national news while having the least interesting future in all the NBA.

[MGB8]

An underappreciated aspect of this hiring (at least after the first couple of pages of thread) is Donavan's familiarity with HS scouts and evaluations, with the pending end (right?) of the 1 and done rule....

Edit - sco beat me to it literally on the page prior to this one. Lol.

[ThisGuyFawkes]

Color me excited. I like Donovan's offensive style with all the passing and touches. We'll see if WCJ and/or Lauri can become the high post playmaker like Adams became for OKC.

Games should be more fun to watch now since we'll actually see competent schemes and adjustments. The return of the midrange shot will likely help Lauri and Lavine quite a bit. Lauri really needed those types of shots to get going.

[IliketheBullsNBearstoo]

Wait, so Cam Payne was Donovan's first rookie he had to develop?

[drosereturn]

I think this is a great hire and indicates that Karnisovas is going to build the same way the Nuggets were built.

It may frustrate you guys at times, I know Nuggets fans got frustrated especially about 2 years ago, but trust me when I say that right now the 5 year rebuild was worth it.

The way it works is that the entire franchise focuses on development. The Nuggets at 1 time had almost as many assistant coaches and player development guys as they did players, and if you are paying attention you can see how it has paid off.

As the young guys develop and are ready for minutes than the guys who are not developing or veterans not in the long term plans are traded off. You will see things like when Nurkic was showing he was ready and already better than Mozgov, Mozgov was traded for 2 future 1sts. When Harris was ready for minutes they traded Afflalo for Barton and a pick. Joffrey Lauvergne was traded when it became apparent that both Jokic and Nurkic were better.

Old veterans will likely be brought in, guys like Mike Miller and Richard Jefferson, who were brought in to work with the young guys and occasionally play a handful of minutes when games would spiral out of control for the young guys.

You will see experts continually say that the Bulls have no direction, and then suddenly you will be making noise in the playoffs.

You guys have a younger mix of guys than we did when Connelly and AK took over, so maybe it will take you less time, but either way if you are patient it gets fun in a few years.

nope not frustrated at all now that we have a total new regime with a top gm and players coach compared to the Nuggets when they were all inexperienced. Combine that with the fact that Chicago has much higher draft capital and assets to the Nuggets pre Jokic yrs and they are a powerhouse with top 3 market, the Bulls version will be much better esp when they dont have to sign washed up veterans like Millsap anymore. The Bulls could easily abandon the draft route and consolidate Lavine into Beal using the Donovan connection or ADs chicago connection. FA is all about dominos so if 1 star falls, the other will fall too.
AK could easily hit another MPJ, Bol every yr helps. im expecting 2nd round exit in 2 yrs considering AKs drafted players are performing starter lvl in yr 1 and they were had literally for free without any tanking. (Bol, MPJ)
The Bulls are easily the new BKN nets with better drafting abilities disgruntled stars will collude to join. AK and Donovan already are proven for yrs they dont need to prove to the superstars except making the playoffs this yr with this current core.

[TONY_YAYO]

I just...i need time

Bro I get it.....take all the time you need

[Magilla_Gorilla]

I'm going to keep spamming this thread with how excited I am. The Bulls hired an experienced coach, who was sought after by other clubs, and spent money to do it. This combined with the recent Front Office shows this franchise is seeking to move in a new direction. After years of basically giving up on the Bulls - I've finally got reasons to be hopeful again.

[FriedRise]

Wait, so Cam Payne was Donovan's first rookie he had to develop?

Cam Payne doesn't become the Bubble MVP if it weren't for Billy D, leading his team to a perfect 8-0 run to end their season

[Dresden]

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Fantastic! I now expect us to have allstars emerge in this group.

Barkley has like the worst takes on tv concerning predictions lol

He's kind of right about us not having any good players though. Outside of Lavine. And possibly Coby.