Editor's Note:
This Billy Donovan news is such a big deal that it woke up Clark Matthews!
Last night, TLO co-founder, Eddie Sutton autograph tramp stamp tattoo wearer and overall basketball junkie Clark Matthews folded up the old checkers board and filed this post about Billy Donovan joining the Oklahoma City Thunder. Specifically, he looks at who the Thunder shoulda coulda woulda hired as a head coach instead.
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After several days of being on the verge, the Thunder sealed the deal with new head coach Billy Donovan. As every article about the hire will say, Donovan--a disciple of Louisville's Rick Pitino--coached at the University of Florida for 19 seasons, winning two national championships among the four Final Four appearances. Nice, right?