CBS: All signs point to OKC pursuing Billy Donovan

[tcf15]

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/writer...all-signs-point-to-okc-pursuing-billy-donovan

 

[Stainmaster]

Come on basketball gods, don't fail us now...

 

[James]

thats what i'm talking about - *westbrook voice from that strange mountain dew commercial*

 

[FartMan69]

I wonder if Florida fans are going to start blaming rival recruiters and grudge holding beat writers for this too.

 

[James]

donovon leaves, i want all hands on deck for devin robinson.

 

[JimHurley]

I didn't realize that Donovan and Presti were friends. That's a good sign I guess. What concerns me is the fact that Durant wants Ollie. OKC obviously is going to do all it can to keep Durant and signing Ollie would really help the cause.

 

[CTBasketball]

We saved up a year's worth of mojo for this moment...

 

[SirHypeAlot]

donovon leaves, i want all hands on deck for devin robinson.

i would like our chances there

 

[Kitaman]

The big question is what would this mean for Jeremy?

 

[junglehusky]

If any BYers out there are struggling with manic-depressive disorder, today can't be healthy for you.

 

[James]

If any BYers out there are struggling with manic-depressive disorder, today can't be healthy for you.

mods must love the insane traffic they got today

 

[UCweCONN]

Durant has chronic foot problems and may never be the star he was. If I was OKC's GM, I wouldn't let Durant dictate who the coach should be.

 

[James]

Durant has chronic foot problems and may never be the star he was. If I was OKC's GM, I wouldn't let Durant dictate who the coach should be.

he won the mvp in 2014 bruh. same foot problems as napier, both will be fine

 

[BLUEDOGHOUSE]

http://www.arkansasfight.com/2014/4...over-arkansas-razorbacks-uconn-several-others

http://www.thv11.com/story/sports/h...aughn-allen-top-recruit-in-arkansas/18071439/

 

[scrappy2.0]

donovon leaves, i want all hands on deck for devin robinson.

Dont say that--lets be humble and understanding. Would you want other team hawking our players if the opposite happens?

 

[BLUEDOGHOUSE]

Dont say that--lets be humble and understanding. Would you want other team hawking our players if the opposite happens?

We need to steal every player we can and then some!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[James]

http://www.arkansasfight.com/2014/4...over-arkansas-razorbacks-uconn-several-others

http://www.thv11.com/story/sports/h...aughn-allen-top-recruit-in-arkansas/18071439/

i like him a lot, pretty sure he played for team penny in eybl, killed it. would fit perfectly as a better guard option off the bench than sc2 and samuel. don't even recall his recruitment

 

[Rico444]

Zagoria right now

 

[BLUEDOGHOUSE]

i like him a lot, pretty sure he played for team penny in eybl, killed it. would fit perfectly as a better guard option off the bench than sc2 and samuel. don't even recall his recruitment

Hopefully the idea of playing for Grant (if he takes over) will scare him off like it did Trevor Lacey. I think this kid really liked UConn back in 2013'ish. As soon as Allen gets the release from Florida KO should be ready to pounce like a leopard on a gazelle. BUCKETS!

 

[8893]

I wonder if Florida fans are going to start blaming rival recruiters and grudge holding beat writers for this too.

Or maybe their coach will issue a statement that he's staying and they will call him a liar.

What Wojo did is fact. As they say, you can look it up.

And we just grabbed one of the top recruits left and are in the hunt for a few others who are in high demand.

If you and your blissful ignorants want to keep preferring fantasy to fact, have a blast. Just seems strange to me, especially when it requires you to say that you believe the best about a known and proven hack from Yahoo and believe the worst about Kevin Ollie. Your choice though.

 

[Confident Carl]

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/writer...all-signs-point-to-okc-pursuing-billy-donovan

Donovan $500,000 buyout. Before May 31st Ollie, $5,000,000 after - $4,000,000

That's a huge difference by anyone's standards.

UF athletic director Jeremy Foley recently gave Donovan a one-year contract extension through the 2020 season that will push his average annual salary to $4 million. But Donovan, hired by Foley in 1996 when he 30 years old, has a buyout of just $500,000

 

[FartMan69]

Or maybe their coach will issue a statement that he's staying and they will call him a liar.

What Wojo did is fact. As they say, you can look it up.

And we just grabbed one of the top recruits left and are in the hunt for a few others who are in high demand.

If you and your blissful ignorants want to keep preferring fantasy to fact, have a blast. Just seems strange to me, especially when it requires you to say that you believe the best about a known and proven hack from Yahoo and believe the worst about Kevin Ollie. Your choice though.

This isn't a conspiracy to bring our program down. Stop

 

[superjohn]

This isn't a conspiracy to bring our program down. Stop

You don't think it's strange that the people hyping Ollie to OKC are the college guys like Wojnarowski and Goodman who clearly have had issues with our program in the past? The NBA guys are talking about Donovan to OKC and these college guys are silent about Donovan on Twitter. There is more smoke for Donovan to the Thunder and yet the Yahoo guys and Goodman have heard nothing. Ollie puts out a statement saying he has no plans of going anywhere and they say otherwise. Donovan puts out nothing and they have no sources about Donovan and OKC? These are the same guys who had sources saying Jim Calhoun was going to coach BC, when everyone else knew there was zero chance of that happening.

 

[FartMan69]

You don't think it's strange that the people hyping Ollie to OKC are the college guys like Wojnarowski and Goodman who clearly have had issues with our program in the past? The NBA guys are talking about Donovan to OKC and these college guys are silent about Donovan on Twitter. There is more smoke for Donovan to the Thunder and yet the Yahoo guys and Goodman have heard nothing. Ollie puts out a statement saying he has no plans of going anywhere and they say otherwise. Donovan puts out nothing and they have no sources about Donovan and OKC? These are the same guys who had sources saying Jim Calhoun was going to coach BC, when everyone else knew there was zero chance of that happening.

I think they're reporting what they've heard from their sources. I'm not saying their sources are right but to go as far as believing these guys have a personal mission to bring down our program and our program alone is over the top. We as fans take things too personal and especially after the whole CR debacle it seems that UConn fans think everyone is out to get us but they're not. Lets get over ourselves a bit.

 

[BUConn10]

You don't think it's strange that the people hyping Ollie to OKC are the college guys like Wojnarowski and Goodman who clearly have had issues with our program in the past? The NBA guys are talking about Donovan to OKC and these college guys are silent about Donovan on Twitter. There is more smoke for Donovan to the Thunder and yet the Yahoo guys and Goodman have heard nothing. Ollie puts out a statement saying he has no plans of going anywhere and they say otherwise. Donovan puts out nothing and they have no sources about Donovan and OKC? These are the same guys who had sources saying Jim Calhoun was going to coach BC, when everyone else knew there was zero chance of that happening.

Woj is definitely an "NBA first" guy. He seldom wanders into college reporting relative to his NBA work. He is actually considered the de facto news "breaker" in the NBA scene and if he says something NBA related its usually true.