Billy D Struggling Early in Chicago

Need to tear down the Bulls as they're not going to magically get better. I don't think Billy would or should hang around for that.

 

Is he going to get a 3rd NBA job though?

Of course he might not have much say, often times “total rebuild” means losing the coach (and GM), but another NBA opportunity isn’t guaranteed. Especially with things seemingly falling apart in Chicago.

 

I don't think he had much choice in leaving OKC.

 

Should’ve stayed at UF. I don’t see what this middling NBA career did for him. Money, I suppose.

 

He said he wanted the challenge and liked the idea of doing just basketball all the time. If he didn’t try the NBA, he would have probably always regretted it.

 

He doesn't have to recruit 18 year olds. That's pretty much it.

 

with NIL pretty much allowing out in the open funds to recruits vs teams more under the table bags of cash, Billy might someday be interested in coming back to college. He was tired of players and associates asking for handouts and other teams paying top dollar under the table. While that would still exist with NIL, more is on the up and up and he may compete easier for recruits.

 

Nothing against Billy D. Had to try the NBA and I get it. If he comes back to the college game I hope we never have to play against his team.

 

If he comes back I wonder if he follows Pitino to a tiny Big East school.

Already read where Indiana fans once again think he's a lock to coach there.

 

Billy is not struggling, the Bulls are struggling. Sorry, love BD...so have to shift that comment a little. lol

If I remember correctly, he left OKC because they were never going to have the payroll to really compete. Bulls were playing at a high level before Lonzo went down, he was a big key to that particular team.

Anyways, things shift quickly in the NBA and he might indeed be without a job this season.

 

You still need to do that at the NBA level.

 

Let’s face it absent a mid season trade to get this season turned around, Billy won’t survive the season.

 

2015 - 2020 with Thunder and 2021 - 2024 with the Bulls. 8 years coaching in the NBA for row different teams is a good gig. Agree Lonzo injury hurt Bulls team chemistry

 

Player acquisition in the NBA is in the hands of the General Manager. I'm sure the HC is involved in the process, but it's not his job. In college, recruiting is 24/7/52, and it is part of the HC's job description. And, that involves stroking the egos of 16 and 17 year old wunderkinds who are being guided by who knows what these days. The AAU has changed everything. Plus, Donovan is getting $6 mil a year in the NBA, and will have been doing so for nine years when his contract ends. There are a few college programs which can match that, but not many. Plus, Donovan will be sixty in two years. He may want to continue to coach, but if Chicago ends their relationship with him, he might just consider a job in television. (Of course, if professional coaching gigs come with short leashes, the NBA also recycles coaches pretty regularly. Other opportunities will be there.) Also, I have no idea if there are other interests he would like to pursue, but, as a TV commentator, he would have the time and freedom to do so. I think if he were returning to collegiate coaching, he would have done so by now.

 

No, although the money is a sort of salve.

It was all about the damn bad mess recruiting is in major college basketball.

 

He was disenchanted with what was going on with the cheating in recruiting.

 

The DePaul job would be waiting for him if he wanted to stay in Chicago. I don’t get the tiny reference.