PlayaSlayaX | Timberwolves

1234 | 4 hours ago

Billy Donovan

YOU STAY

Cultural_Mousse_2725 | Bulls

370 | 4 hours ago

NO

VillainousRocka | Bulls

223 | 4 hours ago

Billy is the least of our problems

Zeeron1 | Thunder

177 | 4 hours ago

But also the least of your solutions

fib93030710 | Bulls

65 | 4 hours ago

You can’t be the least of 0

Zeeron1 | Thunder

77 | 4 hours ago

You see my flair mfer, dont ask me to do math

CCS80 | Thunder

56 | 4 hours ago

If any of us could read we’d be very upset

iCarpet | Thunder

39 | 4 hours ago

That offensive against us

Two free throws for SGA

ChaunceysBadAtPoker | Pistons

9 | 3 hours ago

I see you all and I appreciate you

RichAbbreviations966 | Celtics

5 | 3 hours ago

Also if anyone knows about Billy’s shortcomings, it’s OKC

fattymcdabs | Thunder

4 | 2 hours ago

Big if huge

Money-Giraffe2521 | Bulls

16 | 4 hours ago

The only real solution is Jerry not being around anymore, so…

QuileGon-Jin | Thunder

10 | 4 hours ago

Jerry shall never die

Capital_Past69

6 | 4 hours ago

How dare you

NerdLawyer55 | Thunder

2 | an hour ago

Apparently shitty owners named Jerry live forever in all sports

Capital_Past69

2 | an hour ago

Those 2 guys have been team owners for like a combined 500 years it feels like

ReplaceSelect | Bulls

2 | 3 hours ago

I don’t have high hopes for Michael either, unfortunately. Maybe he will be better, but I hope he just sells.

aceofspadez138 | Slovenia

5 | 3 hours ago

I’ll take things Cowboys fans say for $500

chitownbulls92 | Bulls

2 | an hour ago

Its actually wild how many Bulls fans are okay with Billy Donovan despite Thunder fans telling us even before we hired him that he ain’t worth shit as a coach.

dapianna2

4 | 3 hours ago

He’s still a problem

ExpressionAlone5204 | Thunder

3 | 4 hours ago

A bad coach creates a lot more problems than you may realize. They push for draft picks, trades, guides development.

autobannedforsatire

13 | 3 hours ago

Donovan didn’t do any of that or cause those problems in OKC, he’s just not a high tier nba coach.

PeanutFarmer69 | Nets

24 | 4 hours ago

Billy Donovan is just about the only good thing in the bulls org, why would you want him to leave?

Maximum-Class5465

20 | 4 hours ago

Hey man, I don’t write the rules.
But he’s had very little success after being here for so long. They need a reset, not keeping this here and there in case Billy Donovan is just a great coach and no one noticed

PeanutFarmer69 | Nets

40 | 4 hours ago

Prime pop couldn’t win with the rosters Donovan’s been given brother

_Wash | Timberwolves

18 | 4 hours ago

Karnisovas needs to be shot out of a cannon for the crimes he’s committed with his roster building

tfbillc | Bulls

4 | 4 hours ago

You joke, but you’re not thinking if all the cash considerations that will soon be coming our way from all the 2nds we’ve accumulated

Cultural_Mousse_2725 | Bulls

2 | 3 hours ago

Billy Donovan is a great coach and he has been done dirty so this isn’t necessarily me saying he’s bad it’s just time for a change. Also he’s definitely gone after the new news

chitownbulls92 | Bulls

4 | an hour ago

Good for who? His own pay cheque? He is a mediocre coach at best…don’t understand the fanfare he has. You would think he either helped the team over-perform, utilize player skillsets or developed young talent…none of which he did during our tenure. He’s a babysitter disguised as a coach.

foshiiy | Rockets

15 | 4 hours ago

Fun fact, Billy Donovan coached a practice at my high school (more like 80% private workout for our only great player in school history) while I was on JV. Our only other player who could sniff low major was given a challenge by Billy.

If he could run a 17 (fuck that shit) in the most insane, impossible time, he would offer him a scholarship on the spot. One of the cruelest things I’ve ever seen in person.

MeBadNeedMoneyNow | Thunder

15 | 2 hours ago

I don’t quite understand this story. What do you mean directly a challenge by Billy?

chitownbulls92 | Bulls

6 | an hour ago

a 17 is a conditioning drill for basketball players. My assumption is that Billy gave the school’s star player an impossible task with the promise of a scholarship.

MeBadNeedMoneyNow | Thunder

2 | an hour ago

Got it ty. first time I’ve heard of low/high major too.

WinHopeful1216 | Pistons

5 | an hour ago

Nah that dude’s writing has a lot of grammar issues, you are right to be confused.

yonkerbonk | Rockets

5 | an hour ago

I assume he meant ‘directed a challenge’ by Billy. That if he could some sort of impossible task be would give him a scholarship.

secretreddname | Lakers

2 | 3 hours ago

Speaking of Bulls News.

sylviaplath6667 | Bulls

9 | 4 hours ago

ANOTHER HALF DECADE OF IRRELEVANCE LETS GOOO

Rocky-Rocker

7 | 4 hours ago

Of course how else will the Bulls stay mid.

dizZzy5 | Suns

1075 | 4 hours ago

Does Jokic have NCAA eligibility asking for a friend

RulersBack | Cavaliers

293 | 4 hours ago

In all seriousness he might as well try. The chances are not zero

A-Centrifugal-Force

125 | 4 hours ago

Honestly now that they’ve allowed European pros and G league pros to play college basketball, I don’t see how they can keep an NBA player like Jokic or LeBron who never played college ball from playing college basketball if they wanted to.

For the guys who played a year of college and left they can legally probably still block them since they voided their own eligibility in order to leave early (See: Alabama player from this season), but I’m not sure there’s anything they can do if a guy never enrolled at a U.S. university.

jessepence

57 | 4 hours ago

Can we just separate these amateur leagues from our universities and be done with it? It’s so fucking stupid.

RulersBack | Cavaliers

60 | 4 hours ago

It’s an incredibly complex issue with no clear solution but at the end of the day the schools/networks/leagues don’t want to give up their racket and will ride this out to the bitter end and squeeze every penny out of it

Primary-Tea-3715

6 | 3 hours ago

Pretty sure the NCAA is adding a stipulation to clarify and remove the possibility of this happening given they don’t really want another Nnaji situation to happen.

JuliusCeejer |

22 | 3 hours ago

The NCAA can try, but they lose literally every attempt at restricting eligibility at first challenge in court lol

Schmoova | Mikal Bridges

6 | 2 hours ago

Yea the players have all the leverage (legally) and they’ve really realized that over the past ~10 years.

The courts repeatedly ruling against the NCAA is what led us here in the first place, as everyone slowly realized many of the “rules” and “regulations” of collegiate sports were entirely for show and held zero actual weight.

A-Centrifugal-Force

13 | 3 hours ago

It’s because they make more money by having the minor leagues tied to universities. The NFL and NBA have historically used the college pipeline and as a result, college football and basketball make gazillions of dollars. The MLB and NHL have historically relied more on their own minor leagues, which dont make a ton of money and rarely have their games on national TV.

By putting logos of universities on the teams, we’ve given what is essentially minor league football and basketball a built in fanbase from all the university alumni and their families. If they were to separate completely, they’d lose a ton of money.

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2 | an hour ago

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No_Chilly_bill

2 | 3 hours ago

ncaa is not a amateur league anymore. they pay people.

1mYourHuckleberry93 | Raptors

3 | 3 hours ago

Its such a fucking joke. When I was going to go to the NCAA for track and field I was asked multiple times throughout the sign up process if I had made any money as an athlete. Making any money was an automatic DQ. This shit is so wack why are we letting pros in college? Bunch of loser athletes who can’t let the dream go and want to beat up on kids.

PureMoose7735

7 | 4 hours ago

Am I missing something? Jokic doesn’t want to play for Malone. Isn’t that why he got fired? He lost the locker room.

Sibirski_plavac4 | Serbia

53 | 4 hours ago

from an interview he did for a Serbian YouTube chanell I think he didn’t know it was about to happen until the owner knocked on his hotel room to tell him

CharlieKellyKapowski | Magic

26 | 4 hours ago

Yeah, and then he was asked “do you want us to fire him now, or wait until after the season is over” and Jokic was like “now’s good”. So while he didn’t know it was happening right away, he didn’t really fight for him to keep his job once he found out, either

Captain_Promise | Spurs

9 | 3 hours ago

If they’re getting fired either way the best answer is to fire them now, whether you like them or not.

MembershipSingle7137

29 | 4 hours ago

Jokic Gordon and Jamal liked Malone. Nobody else did though I believe was the story’s

Wtfitzchris | Nuggets

19 | 4 hours ago

Malone didn’t lose the entire locker room, and I don’t remember it being reported that he ever lost Jokic. The issue was that Malone and Booth were in a Cold War caused by differing philosophies on team building and personnel. Some players were Malone-guys and other players were Booth-guys. It sounded pretty unprofessional and had the potential to divide the team, so Kroenke just decided to axe both of them at the same time.

emeraldegg

3 | 3 hours ago

He got fired because he and the GM couldn’t keep their squabbles private and ownership got fed up and fired both of them.

cl353 | Heat

14 | 4 hours ago

with the way colleges r signing up 23 year old euro pros as “freshmen”..theres a chance

LegateDamar13

4 | 4 hours ago

He’s playing only for Harvard.

A-Centrifugal-Force

10 | 4 hours ago

We would finally get the answer to the question if an NBA star could carry a 16 seed to the championship

Top-Round-2359

11 | 4 hours ago

Yes, the answer is yes.

big_mustache_dad | Timberwolves

4 | 2 hours ago

Jokic went for 61/22/22 against the Wolves once, I think he’d legit average 40/20/20 as a baseline against college guys lol

EbbTide1941 | Nuggets

4 | 4 hours ago

Everybody has NCAA eligibility, no matter what the NCAA says

nowaygreg | Rockets

3 | 4 hours ago

At this point, would the courts even let the NCAA say no?

BatDubb | Bulls

8 | 4 hours ago

It would be an executive order.

Nice_Dude | NBA

3 | 4 hours ago

Oh so it would get shot down by the courts within a few months then

MembershipSingle7137

467 | 4 hours ago

I rate him very highly as a coach but this is a surprising hire. Donovan would’ve been available just next week

Ariesthebigram | Raptors

131 | 4 hours ago

I still think it was stupid for Denver to fire him in the first place, especially so close to the playoffs

dr_no12

91 | 4 hours ago

Maybe but I think we got as far as we could last year, especially thru injuries.

And with some first year flaws, I am a big Adelman fan.

Newone1255

45 | 4 hours ago

Naw it was for the best, he obviously had lost the locker room and none of the players really seemed sad he was let go so unceremoniously. Still took OKC to 7 in the 2nd round and doing fine this year even with all the injury’s

Deep_Explanation9962 | Nuggets

32 | 4 hours ago

Nah he had run his course with us. Hiring adelman was questionable and jurys still out on that, but firing Malone was correct imo.

Hovi_Bryant | Pistons

24 | 4 hours ago

Why? It was reported he caused locker-room tensions by favoring Westbrook. And also burned bridges with the GM over not playing the younger players.

A head coach is essentially a middle-manager IMO. What’s left if everyone doesn’t want to work with them? The door?

Duster_beattle | Timberwolves

9 | 4 hours ago

Raps fan without flair, talking about a team they know nothing about. Firing Mike saved their team last year, if they still had Mike they’d be fighting for the 6th seed with us.

warm_warmer_disco | Nuggets

4 | 4 hours ago

When you’re a team owner who is highly successful (Avs Stanley cup, Rams Super Bowl, Arsenal premier league success, Nuggets championship) and a coach comes to your office and demands you fire someone or he’s quitting, then you fire him. I love Moach but he should have known better.

africhic | Jazz Bandwagon

2 | 4 hours ago

I dont know about that, from what came out both him and the GM created a very toxic environment and it was probably for the best to divorce from the both of them.

otoverstoverpt | Knicks

98 | 4 hours ago

But the portal opens tomorrow. And frankly if you aren’t already working on it you’re behind.

KontraEpsilon

18 | 3 hours ago

If you’re hiring a coach you hope will be there for ten or fifteen years, you live with that for a year and get the coach you want.

Frankly, he wasn’t gonna leave an NBA job. I don’t know why people think he would.

otoverstoverpt | Knicks

11 | 2 hours ago

That is not at all how it works with modern college ball. Falling behind in one year can be pretty disastrous for college ball. Donors and NIL fall off. You lose a whole class of valuable players that could have returned (returning players is huge for team success), etc etc

Frankly, you have no clue what you are talking about. All reports to Billy wanting it but wanting to finish the season.

legend023 | Pelicans

20 | 4 hours ago

Donovan is old. North Carolina’s boosters probably want someone who can stick around for 10-15 years than a guy who’s maybe getting 5

celj1234

32 | 4 hours ago

A 5 year age difference isn’t that drastic

doogled3 | Nuggets

5 | 3 hours ago

Past 50 - every year can be a drastic change.

Hummer77x | 76ers

22 | 4 hours ago

North Carolina’s boosters also hired Bill Belichick they’re just out here doing stuff

VillainousRocka | Bulls

16 | 4 hours ago

Huh, TIL Billy Donovan is older than Michael Malone. Only by 6 years though

Aeronova20 | Magic

342 | 4 hours ago

this is like watching your crush get engaged to someone else

like damn i guess i’ll go with my backup plan Taylor Jenkins

preddevils6 | Grizzlies

113 | 4 hours ago

Jenkins is a GREAT floor raiser. Yall will love him.

Aeronova20 | Magic

32 | 4 hours ago

if he can motivate Paolo and scheme around Bane/Franz, sign me up

preddevils6 | Grizzlies

25 | 4 hours ago

He’s a great coach. He’s just young and couldn’t handle our egos (Ja and brooks). Not sure who could though.

LosAngeLukaGOATCIC | Cote D'Ivoire

3 | 4 hours ago

That’s your GM/FO problem first, these two need spacing/ball handling tbf, however I’m on the fired Moshley train since 1 or 2 years

MembershipSingle7137

8 | 4 hours ago

Jenkins is a decent coach

A-Centrifugal-Force

9 | 4 hours ago

I’m honestly shocked he didn’t take an NBA job since I’m sure he had his pick of the litter this summer, but at the same time I guess this lets him have more control over the roster and if it works out he could spend the rest of his career at UNC.

thedrcubed | Grizzlies

3 | 4 hours ago

Jenkins should already have another head coaching job. He’s a great coach but it was just time for a change

AvengingHero2012 | Rockets

247 | 4 hours ago

This feels like diet Belichick

The UNC boosters are wild lately lmao

avx775

91 | 4 hours ago

They are 20 years apart. I get the sentiment but a 54 year old has a much better chance of adapting and relating than a man in their 70s

RulersBack | Cavaliers

40 | 4 hours ago

Also only 5 guys on the court at a time. The recipe for success doesn’t have as many variables

HenrikCrown | Pelicans

88 | 4 hours ago

UNC going to unearth Tony La Russa for their baseball program at this point

Icy-Environment-6606

16 | 4 hours ago

They will get Dusty Baker and the toothpick

facemelt | Hornets

12 | 4 hours ago

UNC baseball is ranked 5th in the country. They don’t need a new coach..

CharlieKellyKapowski | Magic

21 | 4 hours ago

Quit trying to ruin a fun joke with your silly facts

DblDbl_AnimalStyle

5 | 3 hours ago

well, ackshually 🤓

Electric_Queen | Hornets

3 | 3 hours ago

No no hold on I think we’re on to something here

DickDJames

4 | 4 hours ago

He’s a hall of famer baseball person!

BenBRob5

40 | 4 hours ago

Yeah except I think Malone’s coaching style fits the college game way better than Belichik’s does.

NotClayMerritt | Lakers

44 | 4 hours ago

Malone is a crazy person who was liable to lose a room of grown adults. Dan Hurley is a crazy person and is playing in his 3rd NCAA Championship game in 4 years. If Malone can recruit well, there’s no reason he can’t be a success at North Carolina.

It’s different to Belichick where it seemed the game had passed him by in the NFL and he wanted complete and total control over everything and brought in his entire department of nepo hires plus a girlfriend who is 50 years younger who is minister of propaganda.

RulersBack | Cavaliers

6 | 4 hours ago

Gonna be interesting to see the makeup of the staff he puts together, NBA guys vs college. Familiarity with the landscape and infrastructure has never been more important. Overall I love swinging for the fences here and sad it’s not my team

A-Centrifugal-Force

7 | 3 hours ago

It’s basically the basketball equivalent of a governor being elected president. They have their own guys they want to bring in from their state, but they also don’t know how Washington works yet. It was an issue in the Clinton administration where his initial batch of staff didn’t know what they were doing in Washington and tried to run it like it was Arkansas so he had to replace some of them.

funkriver | Nets

2 | 3 hours ago

This guy politics.

MNightShyamalan69 | Pistons

14 | 4 hours ago

Not even close Belichick was completely washed and went out sad from the NFL. Not like Malone

IanicRR | TOR

8 | 4 hours ago

And year 1 at UNC was even sadder than anyone could have possibly imagined.

No way Malone crashes out like that. At worse, it’s Woody at IU levels bad and I can’t really see that either. I think he will be fine.

igby1

2 | 4 hours ago

Why did Belichick even bother coaching again?

Surely he has generational wealth and obviously all the NFL success one could hope for.

Icangetloudtoo_ | Wizards

10 | 4 hours ago

You think? This is about as good as UNC could’ve done IMO.

Mike Malone isn’t old and he isn’t washed at all, he won a title really recently and would’ve been welcome back in the NBA if he wanted a job.

heyheyathrowaway485 | East

6 | 4 hours ago

Malone won’t have Michael Lombardi on his staff so he is starting without a 5000 pound anchor attached to his ankle at least

randotd152

2 | 4 hours ago

Not really. Belichick is in his 70’s and ready to be put out to pasture. It’s debatable if he’s even mentally all there anymore, possibly early onset dementia.

Malone is a good coach still in his prime who was available.

Who knows if it’s going to work out or not - college and NBA coaching jobs are so very different, and you often see success in one and failure in the other in both directions.

Real_Routine_ | Nuggets

88 | 4 hours ago

Good for you Moach!

Refs_Fan

19 | 3 hours ago

His daughter goes there too, what a cool bonus!

EbbTide1941 | Nuggets

11 | 3 hours ago

Yeah I’m happy for him. I think he can kill it, although I know so much depends on recruiting and money that’s out of his control.

Portmanteau_that | Hornets

5 | 3 hours ago

UNC alum living in Denver here, pretty siked

whobang3r | Nuggets

1 | 32 minutes ago

Duke fan here and I do not like this

trentyz | Nuggets

2 | an hour ago

Happy for our guy! He’ll do well there.

_thisisvincent | NBA

64 | 4 hours ago

Just saw a bunch of bulls fans drop to their knees at Walmart

HokageEzio | Knicks

52 | 4 hours ago

Celebrate, Bulls fans!

WWECreativegenius | Spurs

26 | 4 hours ago

They aren’t having a good day today. This and Angel Reese gotta hurt

jeric13xd | CHI

12 | 4 hours ago

We’re numb to the pain my brotha

Chicago_45 | Bulls

2 | 3 hours ago

Aged terribly, thank you

ihatedougford | Toronto Huskies

47 | 4 hours ago

Painful news for Bucks and Raptors fans

Edit: And Magic fans

Broke_Banker01 | Bucks

28 | 4 hours ago

We have Taylor Jenkins waiting for us

AvengingHero2012 | Rockets

3 | 4 hours ago

Or there’s always a Monty rethread… he couldn’t get Pistons fans Wingstop, but it may work out differently for you lmao

ihatedougford | Toronto Huskies

1 | 4 hours ago

Hopefully for y’all. Darko and Doc are so bad

AceMcStace | Trail Blazers

2 | 4 hours ago

Counterpoint:

He could be waiting for us instead

Felix_Wyn | Magic

6 | 4 hours ago

And Orlando fans. We’ve been begging for him for a full year.

ihatedougford | Toronto Huskies

3 | 4 hours ago

Forgot about y’all. Mosley might be the worst coach in the league lol

meatbulbz2 | Magic

5 | 4 hours ago

Not might

YerrrKnicks | Knicks

3 | 4 hours ago

Doc is right there

Specialist_Office274 | Hawks

4 | 3 hours ago

Raptors fans wanna get rid of Darko?

beefJeRKy-LB | Lebanon

2 | 4 hours ago

Didn’t want him even if we replace Darko

1mYourHuckleberry93 | Raptors

2 | 3 hours ago

Why are you mentioning us? I haven’t heard Malone linked to us, ever.

dog_gazed_duct-tape | WAS

43 | 4 hours ago

Damn was hoping we’d get him

grover522 | DEN

42 | 4 hours ago

Gotta think it was a factor that his daughter is a sophomore volleyball player for UNC.

brnccnt7

18 | 4 hours ago

Didn’t know this but that’s probably it

Gets to be close to his daughter and still coach

Can’t beat that

frail7

8 | 2 hours ago

Daughter is probably not too thrilled.

PROJECT-Nunu

26 | 4 hours ago

Malone is going to recruit zero high school players with how much he hates young players.

whatidoidobc

17 | 4 hours ago

His overly aggressive bullshit will fit so much better in college, where the kids often don’t know any better.

Practical_Bite_9250 | Celtics

3 | 4 hours ago

Not sure how hard you can coach in college anymore when kids can just transfer out.

deemerritt | Hornets

11 | 4 hours ago

Have you ever watched Danny Hurley lol. Kids want to be coached hard, they just dont want to not get playing time.

DankMemesNQuickNuts | Charlotte Bobcats

3 | 4 hours ago

Dan Hurley seems to have 0 issues with this and asking former players it almost seems as though they respect it. Tbh I think actually holding these guys accountable and coaching them hard does more for their recruiting not less. The results speak for themselves. Hurley has gotten tons of elite talent into the league while consistently being in the mix of title contenders.

Ok-Protection2513 | Hornets

13 | 4 hours ago

I dont think this will go great. Jokic isnt walking through that door

NotClayMerritt | Lakers

39 | 4 hours ago

The idea that Malone was only a good coach because he had Jokic is super unfair.

IanicRR | TOR

18 | 4 hours ago

Yeah he has a track record of winning with little talent.

Only good coach Kings have had since Adelman and they fired him ultra quick.

And UNC recruits well obviously. Blue Blood and all.

tore_a_bore_a | Warriors

6 | 4 hours ago

Still crazy the Kings fired him because Cousins got meningitis and they struggled with Reggie Evans at C

DankMemesNQuickNuts | Charlotte Bobcats

6 | 3 hours ago

The idea that ANY coach is only a good coach cause they had good players is unfair

I challenge you to find 1 head coach that has won an NBA title without a Hall of Fame player on the roster. They literally do not exist.

ilikekittens2018 | Nuggets

15 | 4 hours ago

That’s what they say until Jokic’s big bro walks in and plays Shaqball to average 50

YourAsianBuddy | Knicks

13 | 4 hours ago

Wtf straight outta left field

Chardoggy1 | Hornets

15 | 4 hours ago

I think he has a daughter on our volleyball team, so I see the pull for him. It was gonna either be him or Billy Donovan, as basically every big name in college has turned us down.

Newoikkinn | Hornets

17 | 4 hours ago

“Basically every big name” was 2 guys who had teams in the final four.

ghostofabhelmet | Thunder

10 | 4 hours ago

lol what

estilly26 | Bulls

9 | 4 hours ago

Fuck

dsmGoetz | Nuggets

10 | 4 hours ago

His daughter is on the volleyball team.

Brian_lafeve34 | Thunder

6 | 4 hours ago

Gut reaction is that this will go poorly

Lstark5642 | Thunder

7 | 4 hours ago

What in the fucking fuck

mrpink51089 | Pacers

7 | 4 hours ago

It’s because of all those volleyball matches he attended

Zestyclose-Peace5050

8 | 4 hours ago

This is such a great hire. Malone is cool as hell, players love him, basketball Junky, and he will get out there and talk shit to you in the process.

Who wouldn’t wanna run through a wall with that dude.

dsmGoetz | Nuggets

5 | 4 hours ago

Half the thread are people sad he won’t be available to coach their NBA team and the other half is people saying he won’t be able to coach in college 😂🤮

The internet stays undefeated.

Gamesgtd | Magic

4 | 4 hours ago

Fudge

RaiseFold100

5 | 3 hours ago

BAD IDEA. Recruiting is like 80% of D1 hoops. Malone is not going to be good at recruiting IMO. And he’s gonna tear his hair out dealing with the immaturity of college players.

4GInvertedDive

5 | 3 hours ago

If by recruiting, you mean whoever offers the most money I agree with you because that’s where we’re at now.

Willing-Eye7829

4 | 3 hours ago

He’ll have no issue recruiting, UNC gets good players off brand alone. UNC‘s issue lately is they haven’t been able to develop NBA players, so if anything recruiting will improve with a coach that has a proven NBA track record. They also have a GM and a massive payroll to work with

Renzel0311

4 | 4 hours ago

Magic fans just fell on their knees

LosAngeLukaGOATCIC | Cote D'Ivoire

4 | 3 hours ago

One of those impossible coachs to rate for me tbf.

Sometimes, you feel like he was a Jokic merchant and just like some old coachs he loves vet players.

Sometimes, you cannot dismiss how he made the right choices for the Nuggets.

He was on my fraud watch in 2023 because of he handled MPJ. His beef with Booth was dumb, him being fired by the Nuggs was the best option however Mr.David might be worse than him.

Ariesthebigram | Raptors

3 | 4 hours ago

IMO it was still stupid for Denver to fire him (they should’ve just fired the GM only, not both of them)

ColdCocking | Hornets

4 | 4 hours ago

Didn’t love what he did (or rather, didn’t do) with the Nuggets, but I guess he deserves a shot

SlickVanExel | Hornets

3 | 4 hours ago

He’s a fiery guy who’ll absolutely enjoy the freedom of chastising student athletes. Not a bad hire honestly.

TheMoorNextDoor | Nets

3 | 4 hours ago

Oh he’s going to win a final four

I can see it now.

He might be tough on the younger ones but overall fantastic hire but the man should be an NBA coach, he’s too good not to be one.

bigbobo33 | Bucks

3 | 4 hours ago

I think this is pretty funny considering how it came the day after reports that the Bucks are eyeing Jenkins.

If you listened to Malone on countdown, he was always pretty generous towards the Bucks and FO so much so I thought the angling was pretty blatant haha.

PhatYeeter | 76ers

3 | 4 hours ago

Dude is probably getting the bag from those boosters. Good for him.

ohitsthedeathstar

3 | 4 hours ago

lol. All the NBA fans are about to realize the power of a blue blood.

noworldforeric | Celtics

3 | 4 hours ago

This is a pro league hiring a pro coach realizing to get back on top they need someone professional. Previous coach a clown, Michael Malone is an NBA champion and highly respected for his mind. This is a fucking bomb hire for North Carolina. Holy shit.

GOATJames_23-6 | LAL

2 | 4 hours ago

Stopgap hire. Malone isn’t recruiting like that and he’ll be gone within 2-3 years.

CrateBagSoup | Pacers

3 | 4 hours ago

What makes you think he couldn’t recruit?

BrenDegen

2 | 3 hours ago

college teams including CBB/CFB blue bloods have general managers now.

if UNC isn’t using a a general manager to handle recruitment theyre wasting money on Malone

All the top 20 recruiting programs in college have a general manager to handle NIL and recruiting negotiations, its a given at this point

mr_quincy27

2 | 4 hours ago

He couldn’t get an NBA job?

OKC2023champs | Thunder

10 | 4 hours ago

He definitely could have

WayAdministrative679 | Minneapolis Lakers

2 | 4 hours ago

Bulls fans still in hell

Extreme-Jellyfish-66

2 | 4 hours ago

A coach who is a bit of a curmudgeon who did not have a lot of patience for young players in the NBA is expected to coach college college kids and recruit high schoolers. This is not going to end well.

desirox | Mavericks

2 | 3 hours ago

Damn surprised he didn’t wait for the NBA firings for a spot. He’s a great get for UNC

Existing_Poem_7858

2 | 3 hours ago

Malone was insanely luck to have Jokic otherwise very conservative and not NBA coach The man played Will freaking Barton 30+ mins who ended up in Chinese league because nobody saw that he is NBA player except Malone. He lost +19 against Minnesota in Denver. He was insanely dumb for coach. Yes yes he has ring but that was on Murray and Jokic that year. 2021 washed Milsap asked him to put him on the bench because he was barely run lol. He played him even he was washed and didnt want to develop some younger players. He stucked with washed Reggie against Minnesota who had zero points in 2 last games scared to put somebody younger. And his ego was abysmal.

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1 | 4 hours ago

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peachpavlova | Nuggets

1 | 4 hours ago

His daughter just got accepted there and I believe starting jn the fall, so it makes sense!

Refs_Fan

2 | 3 hours ago

She’s already been there a year

peachpavlova | Nuggets

2 | 3 hours ago

Damn I feel like I just watched that video, crazy it’s been a year. Either way, I would wager to say that’s a huge part of his decision

Szobortz | Mavericks

1 | 4 hours ago

what in the billy donovan is this?

heat_fan_ | Raptors

1 | 4 hours ago

Surprised an nba team didn’t hire him

jimbobdonut

1 | 4 hours ago

This is a surprise. Does Mike Malone have any college coaching experience?

CountOff | Pistons

1 | 4 hours ago

Malone as a recruiter is gonna be fun to watch lol

Bonzi777 | Wizards

1 | 4 hours ago

That’s not going to work.

Caze588 | Bulls

1 | 4 hours ago

END ME

Due-Dance-9430 | Spurs

1 | 4 hours ago

college coaches usually jump to the NBA but i cannot remember a NBA coach that went college in recent history, any notable ones?

Air_Of_The_Thrown | Rockets

4 | 4 hours ago

Larry Brown first name came to mind. He’s done it a few times.

[Thamel] Sources: North Carolina intends to hire longtime NBA coach Michael Malone as the school’s next basketball coach. He’s an NBA Championship coach with the Denver Nuggets in 2023 and won 510 games as an NBA head coach.