Billy Donovan isn't renewing with the OKC Thunder. I'm curious if he will go for another position in the NBA or if he'd come back to college basketball. I don't know that he would take over a school in NCAA trouble but if he would there is a chance that LSU, Kansas, or Arizona could be open and they might actually get rid of their guy if they thought they could replace them with Donovan. I realize LSU doesn't fit with those other two outside of NCAA trouble.

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/thunder-announce-billy-donovan-will-not-return-as-coach-after-two-sides-agree-to-part-ways/

https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/florida-football/billy-donovan-ok-city-thunder-college-2020/

I believe he was not a fan of the recruiting process and I'd expect him to pursue other NBA jobs

wacarnolds said:

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I believe he was not a fan of the recruiting process and I'd expect him to pursue other NBA jobs

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Yeah, he seemed really burned out on the college game when he left.

Matsui said:

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Won 60% of nba games. Did a heck of a job and would crush the college Game again if he desired. I hope he doesn't go back to the sec.

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And I hope he does. Those high NET games are important to have on the schedule.

Thunder fan here. The talk is he wants another NBA job - Philly or Chicago have been mentioned. Billy definitely has his strengths but he also can be quite frustrating. I'd say CP3 was more instrumental in our "success" this year versus Billy.

nbbob said:

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Thunder fan here. The talk is he wants another NBA job - Philly or Chicago have been mentioned. Billy definitely has his strengths but he also can be quite frustrating. I'd say CP3 was more instrumental in our "success" this year versus Billy.

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Donovan and Budholzer are kind of similar coaches; they can get their teams to the playoffs, but cannot seem to take their teams to the promise land. He's a decent enough coach to build a team though; he'll probably land somewhere soon. I don't think he'd leave amicably if he didn't already have a landing place in mind.

GrayMatter said:

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nbbob said:

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Thunder fan here. The talk is he wants another NBA job - Philly or Chicago have been mentioned. Billy definitely has his strengths but he also can be quite frustrating. I'd say CP3 was more instrumental in our "success" this year versus Billy.

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Donovan and Budholzer are kind of similar coaches; they can get their teams to the playoffs, but cannot seem to take their teams to the promise land. He's a decent enough coach to build a team though; he'll probably land somewhere soon. I don't think he'd leave amicably if he didn't already have a landing place in mind.

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Coaches don't get teams to the promised land. Hall of Famers, preferably multiple playing next to each other, that can put the ball in the hoop come crunch time do.

I think coaches can be difference makers, but there are probably 2 or 3 of them in the league at any moment.

nbbob said:

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Thunder fan here. The talk is he wants another NBA job - Philly or Chicago have been mentioned. Billy definitely has his strengths but he also can be quite frustrating. I'd say CP3 was more instrumental in our "success" this year versus Billy.

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Yeah - I'd bet Philly.

war hymn aggie said:

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If Buzz had not been hired, I'd have given my eye teeth to hire BD as our head basketball coach.

I have no doubt that he will be a proven winner If he decides to return to an NCAA school.

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He's done more in the ncaas (2 titles, 4 final 4s) than any current ncaa coach (K and Roy Williams excluded).

expresswrittenconsent said:

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war hymn aggie said:

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If Buzz had not been hired, I'd have given my eye teeth to hire BD as our head basketball coach.

I have no doubt that he will be a proven winner If he decides to return to an NCAA school.

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He's done more in the ncaas (2 titles, 4 final 4s) than any current ncaa coach (K and Roy Williams excluded).

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Great coach, but I'd put Calipari over Donovan. BD's 2 titles is better than Cal's one, but it should be acknowledged that the 2 titles are the result of the same team winning back-to-back. That's a notable accomplishment but really more of an anomaly of a particular group of guys forgoing the NBA route after dominating at the college level.

Cal has 6 Final Fours (at 3 schools) over 4 (at 1 school), a perfect regular season, 12 SEC regular season + conference tourney titles in 10 seasons vs BD's 10 combined in 19 seasons

I forgot Richard Pitino is back in the NCAAs (iona) and he would like a word with me as well.

Cal only has 4 final fours, all at one school

war hymn aggie said:

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If Buzz had not been hired, I'd have given my eye teeth to hire BD as our head basketball coach.

I have no doubt that he will be a proven winner If he decides to return to an NCAA school.

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.I had my eye teeth extracted as a kid, so I got you covered.

If there wasn't a strong suspicion (discussed here) that Donovan might not care for college recruiting he would be a get. But we have a coach and he's a lot of fun. Good coaching plus entertainment for the win!!!