‘It’s been too much’: Billy Donovan shouldering a series of family tragedies amid Bulls turmoil
CHICAGO — Too often over the course of the past five weeks, Billy Donovan found himself forgetting. It happened in quiet moments, a too-rare phenomenon since the trade deadline upended the Chicago Bulls roster. The team was struggling.
Most of the players whom Donovan had spent the last four years pouring into were scattered across the country in new jerseys. The Bulls slumped into an 11-game ...
CHICAGO — Too often over the course of the past five weeks, Billy Donovan found himself forgetting. It happened in quiet moments, a too-rare phenomenon since the trade deadline upended the Chicago Bulls roster. The team was struggling.
Most of the players whom Donovan had spent the last four years pouring into were scattered across the country in new jerseys. The Bulls slumped into an 11-game losing streak. The last month was one of the hardest of Donovan’s life.
It had nothing and everything to do with basketball. In those hard moments — as always — Donovan reflexively went to call his father, Billy Sr. And then he’d remember.
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