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If OKC is going the total rebuild route, sticking around there makes no sense for Donovan. Plus playing in an even better more competitive West-- you're going to be spinning your wheels and going nowhere
Going to the East is an automatic built in benefit in that it's easier to navigate and can actually squint and see a path to the Playoffs
Atkinson would have been the hire everyone would have liked I get that, but I can see the idea behind hiring Donovan instead. Reach these young kids and set a standard ala Monty Williams in PHX
I don't think it's really that bad of a choice and though he hasn't had a ton of Playoff success, he's never missed the Playoffs-- granted he's had talent but just the fact that he's had 5 years of always getting his team there is something positive in the right direction for this young team
Going to the East is an automatic built in benefit in that it's easier to navigate and can actually squint and see a path to the Playoffs
Atkinson would have been the hire everyone would have liked I get that, but I can see the idea behind hiring Donovan instead. Reach these young kids and set a standard ala Monty Williams in PHX
I don't think it's really that bad of a choice and though he hasn't had a ton of Playoff success, he's never missed the Playoffs-- granted he's had talent but just the fact that he's had 5 years of always getting his team there is something positive in the right direction for this young team