Saturday, April 24, 2021

I'm not sure Billy Donovan for all the pedigree he has in basketball from his days at the University of Florida and the Oklahoma Thunder is the right coach for the Chicago Bulls. Granted he is the better than the last coach which isn't saying much and in the beginning he had the Bulls looking like an actual NBA team but they started losing games in bunches. Whether they had double digit leads and lost or they lost by double digits near the trade deadline when they made a massive trade and we have yet to see any  improvement since then. They look like they are still being run by the duo of Gar-Pax. Some would say they are struggling because Adam Levine is out because of Covid  Protocol but I'm not sure this team at full strength has won ten games since the trade. 

I know Chicago fans were excited to have Donovan because of his ties to Joakim Noah who is still beloved in Chicago. And every new coach has to work with the roster he is given until he can turn the roster over but with the trade this team should be in the conversation for the play - in round which I think is completely unnecessary. I don't know if it's his coaching style but this team plays like a team that has quit on their coach. They gave up some good young players and got back a more veteran group and for some reason gave up a couple of first round draft picks to complete the trade. The best of the transaction has been Nikola Vuevic who has pretty much scored in double digits in every game he's played for the Bulls. Beyond that they've played from behind in every game down by double digits by half time. Once again that sounds like a team that has given up on their coach.

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