Mike Bianchi: Nearly 20 years later, it’s time for Magic and Billy Donovan to run it back!
ORLANDO, Fla. — This is how it should end. This is how it’s supposed to end.
Billy Donovan back in Orlando — not as a punchline, not as a “what if,” but as the perfect full-circle moment nearly two decades in the making. A chance to right one of the strangest detours in modern basketball history and, in the process, possibly deliver something the Orlando Magic franchise has never had: A ...
ORLANDO, Fla. — This is how it should end. This is how it’s supposed to end.
Billy Donovan back in Orlando — not as a punchline, not as a “what if,” but as the perfect full-circle moment nearly two decades in the making. A chance to right one of the strangest detours in modern basketball history and, in the process, possibly deliver something the Orlando Magic franchise has never had: A championship. Nineteen years ago, Donovan and the Magic were together for roughly 48 surreal hours.
He took the job, held the news conference, smiled for the cameras and talked about the challenge ahead. And then he woke up the next morning with a change of heart that sent shockwaves through both the NBA and college basketball. What followed wasn’t just awkward; it was chaos.
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