Bulls' Billy Donovan still focused on solving Patrick Williams puzzle

The Bulls’ Patrick Williams had a solid start to this season but has once again fallen into his pattern of inconsistency.Nell Redmond/AP

ATLANTA – Billy Donovan isn’t in the business of giving up on a player.

He didn’t do that in his legendary days at Florida and he’s carried that same attitude to the NBA. Maybe that’s one of the reasons the Bulls coach is in the Basketball Hall of Fame.

So while Patrick Williams’ career has been more enigma than proven commodity, especially for a player that was drafted No. 4 overall, the way Donovan looks at it is it’s his job to understand what Williams is, accept it, but don’t settle on it.

Not an easy tightrope to walk and made even more difficult by…