Billy Donovan
Billy Donovan
William John Donovan, Jr.is an American professional basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association. He previously spent 19 seasons at the University of Florida, where his Florida Gators men's basketball teams won two NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championships in 2006 and 2007. Donovan has more wins than any other coach in the history of the Florida basketball program, and he coached the Gators to more NCAA tournament appearances,...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth30 May 1965
CityRockville Centre, NY
He has the ability to take difficult shots one, to get them off and two, to be able to make them at a high percentage. He has a special gift and there is nothing you can do about it.
He (Green) is so quick and so fast, he can get out and pressure the ball on defense, and he gets the ball and just goes, which makes everyone play at a different speed.
He got back to playing the way he normally does.
He doesn't want this. He wants to spread it around. He doesn't view himself as a celebrity.
He gets bothered at a lot of the attention, or (that) people want to talk to him because it is a unique story. It is a unique family. He worries about getting too much attention and taking away from the rest of the guys. ... He doesn't want that.
He made the game easier for the entire team. He really got everyone else involved. Some guys had some really big nights because of his dribble penetration.
He'll thank me four or five times walking off the floor. I don't expect to be thanked. That's the way he is.
He never has a bad day. He is an unbelievable kid. He has a great disposition. He's intelligent. And he's very, very enthusiastic.
He'll definitely travel. I'd say, right now, that he's not going to play.
He needed to have a game like this. I was happy for him. The last week or so, I think he's been doing some soul searching, just trying to find a way to come up with some answers to help our team. He helped out big-time tonight.
Playing hard and playing passionately isn't good enough to win.
Playing at a neutral site, you can throw all of the seeds out the window.
Part of it is youthfulness, but the one thing about the kids is that they're in every game.
Our margin for error is small. We are not more talented than any team we play against.