{"id":98285,"date":"2025-09-09T06:51:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T06:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=98285"},"modified":"2025-09-09T06:51:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T06:51:32","slug":"coby-whites-heartfelt-billy-donovan-comments-could-provide-a-hint-at-bulls-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=98285","title":{"rendered":"Coby White&#8217;s heartfelt Billy Donovan comments could provide a hint at Bulls future"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_249,w_2800,h_1575\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/24\/01k4jsjpedpvbmbkjrvh.jpg\" alt=\"Jan 10, 2025; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Chicago Bulls head coach Billy Donovan talks to guard Coby White (0) during the first half of a basketball game against the Washington Wizards at United Center. Mandatory Credit: Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Coby White spoke fondly of Bulls head coach Billy Donovan before the latter&#8217;s induction to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame on Sept. 6. Specifically, White praised Donovan&#8217;s ability to build authentic relationships with his players; a skill that dates back to his days leading the University of Florida to a pair of National Championships &#8212; the impetus for his enshrinement.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\">Donovan helmed the Gators for 19 seasons, racking up 467 victories and winning back-to-back titles in 2006 and 2007 with Chicago fan favorite Joakim Noah.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\">A collection of Bulls players were in attendance to support their coach: Patrick Williams, Matas Buzelis, Dalen Terry, Ayo Dosunmu and White, who was effusive in his adulation of Donovan.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-3\">Coby White heaps praise on Bulls head coach Billy Donovan<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\">Chicago selected White with the seventh pick in the 2019 NBA Draft. The North Carolina alum played one season under Jim Boylen before Donovan took the reins in 2020-21. The now-25-year-old has played 357 games under Donovan, rising from a young scorer acclimating to the league to the Bulls&#8217; No. 1 option last season after Zach LaVine was traded to the Sacramento Kings.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\">White explained how Donovan has helped him develop into an all-around guard who can assist the franchise in getting back to the playoffs, per <em>Chicago Sports Network<\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;He&#8217;s honest, he pushes you, he&#8217;s gonna get the most out of you. For the most part, he&#8217;s always been upfront with me, but he also believes in his players. He gets his players to compete every night. He builds relationships with his players, which, oftentimes, you don&#8217;t see a good amount in the NBA, head coaches and players (building) that type of relationship.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><cite>Chicago Bulls guard Coby White<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\">White will be a free agent at the end of this season, which, naturally, means rumors surrounding his future with the organization have already kicked off. He&#8217;ll undoubtedly head into unrestricted free agency, as he&#8217;s already outplayed the maximum four-year, $89 million extension Chicago can give him.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\">It&#8217;s fair to consider the possibility that the Bulls move White before the trade deadline rather than risk losing him for nothing next summer, but he&#8217;s proven too valuable to this current iteration of the Bulls and, specifically, the kind of scheme Donovan wants to run.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\">Hearing White wax poetic about the only active Hall-of-Fame coach in the NBA is a positive indicator that he could stay in the Windy City past the 2025-26 season.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago Bulls guard Coby White spoke about Billy Donovan&#8217;s ability to form true relationships with his players at the coach&#8217;s Hall of Fame induction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":98289,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98285","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 - 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