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\"Billy<\/p>\n

The contract extension was agreed upon weeks ago. On Sunday, it was simply Bulls coach Billy Donovan putting pen to paper.<\/p>\n

With the deal official, the Bulls have given extensions to the main players in the front office \u2014 executive vice president Arturas Karnisovas, general manager Marc Eversley and now Donovan.<\/p>\n

The writing was on the wall as soon as the season ended after the Bulls lost to the Heat in the play-in tournament.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a very good relationship with Jerry and Michael [Reinsdorf],\u201d Karnisovas said in his exit interview.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe take pride, especially in this building, in everybody being on the same page. It\u2019s very hard to accomplish, but that\u2019s how it is in this building between the ownership, front office, coaching staff, performance staff, so they have always been very supportive of my decisions, my thoughts, about this direction.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Bulls did get calls about Donovan during the Knicks\u2019 coaching search, but he already had agreed to stay and, according to a source, never had any interest in the Knicks\u2019 opening.<\/p>\n

Donovan has a 195-205 (.488) record in his five seasons as coach of the Bulls. The team has made the playoffs only once since Donovan took over before the 2020-21 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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