Billy Donovan is a really nice guy, but since this isn’t the Daily Thunder here– and I’m not owned by Clay Bennett, Sam Presti, and Little Nick Gallo… I write honestly on my modest blog.
The Thunder are going nowhere with Billy Donovan. He’s too nice. He’s the Ward Cleaver of NBA coaches. He’d be a good HOA president in North Edmond, but I don’t think he’s what the Thunder need.
What the Thunder need is for someone to transform Steven Adams into a stretch five who can shoot threes and can bring some genuine nasty to this Thunder team of guys who are too nice.
Why not hire Bill Laimbeer? He was one of the innovators of the stretch fives who can shoot the three. Laimbeer and Jerry Lucas of the NY Knicks were both ahead of their times.
Sam Presti has to get beyond this bullshit where he puts an NBA team on the floor who all attend the faux evangelical white churches in Edmond. Deep down these make believe Christians in Edmond who all do whatever Trump tells them to do would love to have a team like the Bad Boy Pistons.
Get some shooters and get some brawlers would be my advice and allow Coach Laimbeer to show these white people in Oklahoma how you win championships in the NBA.
Why not?