{"id":70576,"date":"2025-06-17T07:00:04","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T07:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=70576"},"modified":"2025-06-17T07:00:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T07:00:04","slug":"knicks-request-secures-head-coach-contract-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=70576","title":{"rendered":"Knicks&#8217; request secures head coach contract extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago Bulls are in talks to extend head coach Billy Donovan&#8217;s contract after blocking the New York Knicks&#8217; request to interview him.<\/p>\n<p>The Chicago Bulls are in the process of extending head coach Billy Donovan, according to NBA insider Marc Stein.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3>3-pointers this season<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/image-430686-crop516x516.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The discussions come shortly after the team declined the New York Knicks&#8217; request to interview Donovan for their head coaching vacancy. This has sparked urgency in the Bulls to think about the future.<\/p>\n<p>Donovan has been at the helm in Chicago for five seasons, compiling a 195\u2013205 record. He led the Bulls to a playoff appearance in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>His current deal, which reportedly has one year remaining, stems from a previous extension agreed upon before the 2022\u201323 season but not publicly announced until late November of that year.<\/p>\n<p>With veterans Zach LaVine and Alex Caruso moved, the Bulls are entering a retooling phase focused on staying competitive while building around a younger core.<\/p>\n<p>That core features Coby White, rookie Matas Buzelis, and likely Josh Giddey, who is expected to remain in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>Before joining the Bulls, Donovan coached the Oklahoma City Thunder for five seasons and won two NCAA championships at Florida.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago Bulls are in the process of extending head coach Billy Donovan, according to NBA insider Marc Stein.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":70580,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Knicks&#039; 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