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• Dunc'd On: More Clippers Circumvention Evidence + Josh Giddey Signs; CHI Outlook With Will Gottlieb

Nate reacts to Pablo Torre's latest reporting indicating that Clippers co-owner Dennis Wong made a suspicious investment in Aspiration shortly before Kawhi Leonard was given an overdue payment by the ailing company. Will Gottlieb of CHGO is our guest to discuss Josh Giddey agreeing to a 4-year/ $100 million restricted free agency contract. We break down how the Bulls did in terms of value and what...2025
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• Eastern Notes: White, Donovan, Johnson, Wall, Shammgod
Bulls head coach Billy Donovan, who won back-to-back NCAA titles with Florida during his college coaching career, was inducted into the Hall of Fame on Saturday. Starting guard Coby White attended the ceremony and spoke to Chicago Sports Network about Donovan’s “amazing accomplishment” and what he likes about having him as a coach (Twitter video […]...2025
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• Northwest Notes: Daigneault, Holmgren, Trail Blazers Sale
Championship Thunder coach Mark Daigneault is helping establish a culture that will help Oklahoma City thrive long-term, Rylan Stiles of Thunder On SI opines. Daigneault got his start as the head coach of the club’s G League affiliate, the Oklahoma City Blue, in 2014. He served as an assistant coach under Billy Donovan first in […]...2025
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• Bulls remain committed to mediocrity with head coach extension

Billy Donovan has led the Bulls to three straight play-in tournament appearances and three straight losses....2025
• Billy Donovan signed a multi-year extension to stay in Chicago
The 2024-25 season was the second consecutive year the Bulls finished with a 39-43 record. Additionally, it’s the third straight year the team has lost in the play-in tournament. Despite not taking a step forward, the Bulls still value head coach Billy Donovan extremely highly. Over the weekend, ESPN’s Shams Charania announced the Bulls are […] The post Billy Donovan signed a mu...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 28, 2025

Photo by Keith Gillett/Icon Sportswire/Corbis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The weather and the trade market heats up. Jonathan India won the first game Saturday with a walk-off home run, writes Anne Rogers. “I want that moment,” India said. “I want to be in that moment every time. I embrace the failure. I think it teaches you how to become better. So for me, failing is a learning exper...2025
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• Billy Donovan, Bulls Working On Contract Extension

The Chicago Bulls shut down the New York Knicks interest in head coach Billy Donovan. The Bulls not only rejected the Knicks request to speak to Donovan about their opening, but now Donovan might be staying in Chicago longer too. Donovan and the Bulls are in process of signing a contract extension. Donovan recently completed his fifth season as the Bulls head coach. In those five years, Donovan ha...2025
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• March Madness’ 50 best players, ranked for 2025 men’s NCAA tournament

Rob Kinnan-Imagn Images Let’s rank the best players in the 2025 men’s NCAA tournament College basketball is in a state of transition, and so too is the idea of the modern college basketball star. The defining players in the 2025 men’s NCAA tournament do not fit in any particular box. They come from every corner of the world, in all shapes and sizes, each with their own idiosyncratic stren...2025
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• Lonzo Ball Misses Seventh Straight Game With Wrist Injury, Not Shut Down For Season

Lonzo Ball missed his seventh straight game with a right wrist injury on Sunday. There are no plans to shut Ball down for the season, according to Billy Donovan. There is also no timeline for Ball's return to the lineup. Ball did not travel with the team for their six-game road trip. Ball missed the first 15 games of the season with an injury on the same wrist....2025
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• Josh Giddey Leaves Bulls' Win With Right Ankle Sprain

Josh Giddey left the Chicago Bulls' 121-103 win over the Indiana Pacers in the fourth quarter due to a sprained right ankle. It is the same ankle that Giddey, who had 29 points and 10 rebounds, injured in the Olympics last summer. Billy Donovan said that the Bulls wouldn't know the extent of the injury for a couple days. "This one you could just tell, it was pretty painful the way he came up. So, ...2025
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• Bulls’ Coby White To Return Against Celtics
In a bit of a surprise, Bulls head coach Billy Donovan has revealed that guard Coby White is slated to return from an injury absence Wednesday against the Celtics, per K.C. Johnson of Chicago Sports Network (Twitter link). White has been on the shelf with a right ankle bone bruise since January 19. Chicago is […]...2025
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• Central Notes: LaVine, Cavs, Haliburton, Q. Jackson, A. Thompson
The Zach LaVine discourse during the 2024 offseason focused less on what the Bulls guard was capable of doing on the court and more on potential red flags off of it, including his injury history, his sizable contract, and his relationship with head coach Billy Donovan. Speaking to Vincent Goodwill of Yahoo Sports earlier this […]...2024
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• Danny Hurley and UConn are officially “running” college basketball

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images After one of the most impressive seasons in the sport’s history, the Huskies are certainly “running” college basketball. Everyone already wrote their “now they’re officially a blue blood” story a year ago, so there’s no point in rehashing that. Although the urge is understandable. Extracting new narratives from periods of sustained dominance is difficult....2024
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• Inside Coby White’s grueling summer to become NBA’s most improved player for Bulls

Coby White attacked the summer to level up for the Chicago Bulls. Weeks after Coby White realized his dream of being selected in the 2019 NBA Draft, he returned to his North Carolina roots at the behest of his first pro mentor. It was only a few years earlier that White had starred for Chris Paul’s grassroots club, Team CP3, on the Nike EYBL circuit. Now Paul had invited White to his Elite Guard c...2024
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• Lonzo Ball Still Unable To Sprint During Knee Rehab

Chicago Bulls coach Billy Donovan isn't ready to say Lonzo Ball has suffered a setback in his rehab from a knee injury. But Donovan didn't paint a positive picture about where Ball is at either, as he shared that the Bulls guard is still unable to sprint. "I don't know if he's stuck," Donovan said. "He is doing some shooting, some running, some jumping. He hasn't done any sprinting yet, that I kno...2024
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• Stung by Departure of Durant, Russell Westbrook Quickly Learning How to Lead
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• Behind the Scenes in L.A., the Wide-Ranging Summer World for NBA Players
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• Why Oklahoma City Thunder Are the NBA's Most Unsolvable Puzzle
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• DeAndre Jordan Free-Agent Saga Ends with Clippers Retaining Contender Status
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"The class, which also includes Sue Bird, Maya Moore, Sylvia Fowles and coach Billy Donovan, will be inducted in September"

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"Billy Donovan said he has not had any contact with Kentucky about its coaching vacancy and reiterated his commitment to the Bulls on Tuesday."

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"Williams has connections to Pistons GM Troy Weaver from Thunder days After Williams was fired as head coach of the New Orleans Pelicans in 2015, he became an assistant under Billy Donovan for the 2015-2016 Oklahoma City Thunder."

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"Billy Donovan on Zach LaVine: "He is the ultimate team guy.""

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"Bulls' Billy Donovan becomes fourth head coach to enter health and safety protocols"

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"Billy Donovan won’t return as the Oklahoma City Thunder head coach for next season, per Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN."

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"Florida to name basketball court after Billy Donovan, now coach of the Oklahoma City Thunder"

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"Thunder guard Russell Westbrook's ejection minutes before the end of Monday's game resulted in a technical foul for coach Billy Donovan and led teammate Carmelo Anthony to say he's "done" with officials."

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"He regrets bashing the Thunder and Billy Donovan."

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"The Thunder fired coach Scott Brooks and brought in Billy Donovan, and still the offense stalled out at key moments, often with Westbrook dribbling into oblivion."

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" Durant has been doing everything in his power to get himself and his team back off the canvas, from hanging out with new coach Billy Donovan at the summer league to holding voluntary offseason workouts."

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"After starring for Billy Donovan at the University of Florida, Miller is […] The post Borderline Genius?"

• Dunc'd On: More Clippers Circumvention Evidence + Josh Giddey Signs; CHI Outlook With Will Gottlieb
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• Billy Donovan, Bulls Agree To Multiyear extension
Billy Donovan and the Chicago Bulls have agreed to a multiyear contract extension. A deal had been expected for several weeks as Donovan's future came into focus amid interest from the New York Knicks. Donovan and the Bulls began negotiations at the end of their season with a deal being finalized this week. The Bulls have reached the play-in tournament in each of the past three seasons. Chicago ha...2025
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• Bulls Sign Coach Billy Donovan to Multiyear Contract Extension

The Chicago Bulls have signed head coach Billy Donovan to a multiyear contract extension, according to NBA insider Shams Charania of ESPN. The team confirmed the deal through its public relations staff, per Chicago Sports Network’s K.C. Johnson. Negotiations between Donovan and the Bulls reportedly began late last season and wrapped up this week. Chicago […] The post Bulls Sign Coach B...2025
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• Billy Donovan signs another Chicago Bulls multi-year contract extension, per report

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• Sources: Donovan agrees to extension with Bulls
Chicago Bulls coach Billy Donovan has signed a multiyear contract extension with the franchise, sources told ESPN on Sunday....2025
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• Bulls, head coach Billy Donovan agree to multi-year contract extension: Report
Donovan has been with the Bulls for five seasons, compiling a 195-205 record and one playoff berth....2025
• Josh Giddey Expected To Re-Sign With Bulls
Josh Giddey and the Chicago Bulls are expected to agree on a new contract, sources told Jamal Collier of ESPN. The two sides are reportedly in a "stalemate," with Giddey looking for a deal in the range of $30 million a season. It has been reported that it is unlikely Giddey re-signs for that amount. With the market for restricted free agents drying up, the Bulls are looking for a more team-frien...2025
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• Jason Kidd To Knicks Still Possible Without Mavs' Extension

Jason Kidd and the Dallas Mavericks have yet to agree to a contract extension, which leaves open the possibility of him still eventually becoming head coach of the New York Knicks. Kidd is believed to be the Knicks' preferred candidate to replace Tom Thibodeau. Kidd is one of several current head coaches the Knicks reached out to and were denied permission. Beyond Kidd, the Knicks requested permis...2025
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• Bulls Extend Arturas Karnisovas, Marc Eversley

Arturas Karnisovas and Marc Eversley have agreed to contract extensions with the Chicago Bulls. Karnisovas was hired to run the Bulls' front office in 2020 to replace Gar Forman. Eversley soon joined Karnisovas as general manager. The Bulls have reached the playoffs in one season during their tenure when they lost in the first round in 2022 to the Milwaukee Bucks. The Bulls have been in the play-i...2025
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• Florida is back to being the toast of college basketball with a new wunderkind coach

Scott Wachter-Imagn Images The questions about whether or not Florida could be a college basketball powerhouse without Billy Donovan are no more thanks to Todd Golden. Of the 10-15 programs that had the greatest impact on men’s college basketball over the past couple of decades, perhaps none entered the post-COVID world with a more uncertain long-term future than Florida. In between 2014 ...2025
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• March Madness’ 50 best players, ranked for 2025 men’s NCAA tournament
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• Bulls Notes: Jones, Buzelis, Collins, Mirage
Following Thursday’s victory over Brooklyn, Bulls head coach Billy Donovan praised Tre Jones, saying the fifth-year point guard has a knack for making winning plays, according to K.C. Johnson of Chicago Sports Network (Twitter link), who points out that the impending free agent recorded five points, four rebounds and four assists in the fourth quarter. […]...2025
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• Josh Giddey Leaves Bulls' Win With Right Ankle Sprain
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• Bulls’ Billy Donovan Talks Tanking After Rout Of Sixers: ‘We Have A Responsibility To Do Our Best’

Bulls coach Billy Donovan clearly understands why some fans wanted Chicago to lose to the 76ers at the Wells Fargo Center on Monday night. With the Bulls sitting near the bottom of the standings, fans were hoping for them to tank and increase their odds of landing a top pick in the upcoming NBA draft, […] The post Bulls’ Billy Donovan Talks Tanking After Rout Of Sixers: ‘We Have ...2025
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• Carmelo Anthony, Dwight Howard, Maya Moore, Sue Bird Among 2025 Hall Of Fame Nominees

Carmelo Anthony, Dwight Howard, Maya Moore and Sue Bird headline the nominees for the 2025 Basketball Hall of Fame Class. Nominated coaches include Billy Donovan and Mark Few. The 2025 class will be announced April 5 in San Antonio during the NCAA Men's Final Four. Anthony, a 10-time All-Star, is 10th on the NBA's all-time scoring list with 28,289 points. He also led Syracuse to a national champio...2025
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• Bulls Shopping Patrick Williams Ahead Of Trade Deadline

The Chicago Bulls have decided to explore the trade market for forward Patrick Williams. The Bulls will shop the fifth-year player head of the February 6 trade deadline. Part of Chicago GM Arturas Karnisovas' willingness to find a trade for Williams has been the forward's inability to buy into what the coaching staff has asked of him. Bulls coach Billy Donovan recently said that the team needs to ...2025
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• Meet the NBA player who keeps missing wide open dunks

NBAE via Getty Images Chicago Bulls forward Patrick Williams is the king of the missed dunk. The Chicago Bulls drafted Patrick Williams with the No. 4 overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft because of his potential, not his polish. Williams came off the bench all year in his one-and-done season at Florida State while putting up pedestrian numbers, but he had all the physical tools teams look f...2024
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• Arturas Karnisovas Says Bulls Can't Roll With Same Team And Expect Different Results
The Chicago Bulls fell short of the playoffs for a second consecutive season, and the sixth time in the last seven years. That has Bulls VP of Basketball Operations Arturas Karnisovas admitting his team needs to make some changes. "Any season that doesn't end deep in playoffs requires total examination. We're not here for play-in. We have to make changes," Karnisovas said. "While I can be happy wi...2024
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• Kentucky nearing deal with Mark Pope to replace John Calipari, per reports

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images According to reports, Mark Pope is set to take over at Kentucky Kentucky’s search for a head men’s basketball coach has reportedly taken the school to Utah. Provo, to be more accurate. But it is a journey that will result in a homecoming. According to multiple reports, Kentucky is nearing an agreement with Mark Pope to be their next men’s basketball coach...2024
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• Florida is back to being the toast of college basketball with a new wunderkind coach
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• Grading Kentucky’s Mark Pope hire after top options turn down Wildcats

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Let’s grade Kentucky hiring Mark Pope as its new men’s basketball coach. The standards at Kentucky are higher than just about anywhere else in men’s college basketball. Competing at the top of the SEC isn’t enough for the Wildcats — this is expected to be one of the premier programs in the sport year-in, year-out. There have been a few down season in Lexi...2024
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• Danny Hurley and UConn are officially “running” college basketball
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• 9 Kentucky basketball coaching candidates, ranked by likelihood after John Calipari’s exit

Photo by Justin Ford/Getty Images Ranking potential Kentucky head coach candidates by likelihood of actually ending up in Lexington after John Calipari’s shocking exit for Arkansas. There might not be a bigger and more important job in the men’s college basketball world than the head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats. On Sunday night, the gig suddenly became wide open when John Calipari deci...2024
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• 2024 men’s Final Four features a quartet of sensational storylines

Photo by Nicholas Muller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images While the spreads are high, the storylines for this year’s men’s Final Four are as stellar as ever. With UConn favored to beat Alabama by 11.5 and Purdue a 9-point favorite over NC State, the 2024 men’s Final Four is dangerously close to being the first in the history of the tournament to feature double-digit spreads in bot...2024
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• Inside Coby White’s grueling summer to become NBA’s most improved player for Bulls
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• 8 college basketball teams that can win 2024 men’s national championship

Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images If they aren’t on this list, you’re not picking them to win the whole thing in your bracket next month. Let me make this clear from the outset: This is not a power ranking. This is not a list of the eight best teams in college basketball as I see it, nor is it necessary of a list of the teams that I expect to be the eight best a m...2024
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• The Bulls’ sad season is perfectly summed up by this Jaylen Brown dunk

A picture says 1,000 words about the sorry state of the Chicago Bulls. The Chicago Bulls are trapped in another nightmare season. Chicago got its ass kicked by the Boston Celtics on Tuesday night, 124-97, to complete a winless run in the inaugural NBA in-season tournament. The Bulls have lost eight of their last nine games, their best player Zach LaVine has requested a trade, and the entire team s...2023
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• Celtics hacked Andre Drummond while up big, and Billy Donovan had words for Joe Mazzula

The Celtics had to rout the Bulls because of the NBA in-season tournament tie-breakers. Billy Donovan wasn’t happy about their tactics. Jayson Tatum lamented the rules for the inaugural NBA in-season tournament earlier this week that incentivized teams to win by as many points as possible because the tie-breakers were determined by point differential. On Tuesday, Tatum and his Boston Celtics foun...2023
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• Kevin Durant's Return Is Just What The NBA Needs In 2015-16
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• Kevin Durant Rumors: Lakers Reportedly Star's 'Primary Objective' in Free Agency
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• Enes Kanter's Max Contract Is All About Kevin Durant's 2016 NBA Free Agency
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• Kevin Durant Injury: Updates on Thunder Star's Recovery from Foot Surgery
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• Why Oklahoma City Thunder Are the NBA's Most Unsolvable Puzzle
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• Kevin Durant Comments on Return to Washington, 2016 Free Agency and More
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• Where Are All the Black NBA Coaches? Examining a Sudden, Silent Disappearance
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• Thunder's Billy Donovan on Russell Westbrook: 'He can do anything'
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• The Ultimate Guide to Beating the Golden State Warriors
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• Crowded NBA Western Conference Is Just a 4-Team Race
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• Billy Donovan, Bulls Agree To Multiyear extension
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• Billy Donovan signs multi-year extension to remain head coach of Chicago Bulls
Donovan has a 195-205 record in five seasons with Chicago, making the playoffs once....2025
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• Bulls, head coach Billy Donovan agree to multi-year contract extension: Report
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• Knicks Hiring Jason Kidd Remains Possibility
The door on the New York Knicks hiring Jason Kidd as head coach "is not completely closed," according to Ian Begley of SNY. The news comes after the Mavs denied the Knicks' request to speak to Kidd last week. Begley adds that the move remains possible as of Monday. Kidd was hired by the Mavericks in 2021 to replace Rick Carlisle and has led the team to the Western Conference Finals twice, includin...2025
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• Billy Donovan, Bulls Working On Contract Extension
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• Billy Donovan, Bulls Working Out Contract Extension
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• Florida is back to being the toast of college basketball with a new wunderkind coach
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• Florida is back to being the toast of college basketball with a new wunderkind coach
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• Kentucky’s coaching search gets desperate after Scott Drew rejection

Where does Kentucky go for a new men’s basketball coach after Scott Drew turns them down? Kentucky men’s basketball is still looking for a head coach. Baylor’s Scott Drew turned down the Wildcats’ job offer on Thursday afternoon, which was first reported by Matt Norlander of CBS Sports. Drew just completed his 21st year at Baylor, taking over the program when it was at its lowest point following a...2024
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• 9 Kentucky basketball coaching candidates, ranked by likelihood after John Calipari’s exit
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• 2024 men’s Final Four features a quartet of sensational storylines
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• Kentucky, Duke, Kansas, Michigan State basketball showed who they really are at Champions Classic

Observations on Kentucky, Duke, Kansas, and Michigan State after the 2023 Champions Classic. CHICAGO — It was 10 years ago this week when I was credentialed to cover the Champions Classic at the United Center for the first time. There was, to steal a phrase, palpable buzz in the building. Duke vs. Kansas was a matchup of the top recruits in the country: Jabari Parker vs. Andrew Wiggins. Both play...2023
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• Every NBA team, ranked by their championship chances in 2023-2024 season

Let’s rank every team in the NBA by their championship chances for the 2023-2024 season. The NBA always feels like it’s at its best when there’s an elite tier of contenders. After two blockbuster trades to close the summer, it finally feels like that’s the case as the league enters the 2023-2024 season. The Bucks have added Damian Lillard to fix a struggling halfcourt offense in the playoffs. The ...2023
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• Sam Presti anticipates Billy Donovan returning as Thunder coach
After a disappointing first-round exit in this year’s postseason, there has been some speculation that the Thunder might consider a head coaching change. However, speaking today to reporters — including Brett Dawson of the Athletic — general manager Sam Presti said that he anticipates bringing back Billy Donovan to coach the club in 2019/20. Presti’s wording isn’t quite as definitive as if he’d sa...2019
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• Report: LeBron James camp ‘pessimistic’ about teaming up with star free agent
We’ve been hearing about potential Paul George-LeBron James alliances for quite a while now, but with free agency only weeks away, that possibility is looking less likely than ever.According to Sam Amick of USA Today, James’ camp is becoming increasingly pessimistic about the chances of playing with George, as optimism is growing in the Oklahoma City Thunder camp about their chances of retaining t...2018
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• Watch: Russell Westbrook makes buzzer-beater to sink Kings
Even on a night when he wasn’t at his best, Russell Westbrook still found a way to make a big impact.Westbrook drained a 3-pointer at the buzzer to beat the Sacramento Kings 110-107 on Thursday night: Westbrook didn’t have his shot for most of the night until then. He still finished with a triple-double in Oklahoma City’s win. And credit Thunder coach Billy Donovan for drawing up a playing that ga...2018
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