re: The search must begin with BILLY DONOVAN

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Billy Donovan got to the conference finals his first year and is going to be back in the playoffs again in his 2nd year.

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And the roster has been turned over significantly from year one to year 2. I mean maybe you think OKC is more of a contender with Greg McDermott at F than with Kevin Durant, but I don't. They are trending in the wrong direction without Durant on the roster any more. They're on pace to win 10+ games less than they did a year ago and get bounced from the playoffs in the first round.

I'm sure when Donovan took the job the big draw was the opportunity to coach a team who had two of the top 10 players in the NBA on the roster. Now it's a bit of a rebuild job around Westbrook. He only has two years remaining on his contract after this season, so by the type you get it rebuilt close to a championship contender he may be out the door like Durant.

Donovan entered a situation where the team was ready to win big immediately. Now he's in a situation where it's probably going to take (at least) a few years to get to that point, if ever with Westbrook on the team.

No LSU doesn't have the pedigree of UK or Louisville basketball, but those jobs aren't open. LSU could, however, offer Donovan a lucrative situation where he could win big again (if he could win at UF, a place with virtually zero basketball tradition before he got there, he could win at LSU)

Likely? No
But so far fetched that you don't even explore the possibility? Absolutely not