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Billy Donovan had all he needed to sleep well Monday night.
As the NBA’s free-agent negotiating period opened, the Bulls, wasting no time in giving their coach a player he loved to gush about this past season, agreed to keep point guard Tre Jones on a three-year, $24 million deal.
“He’s got something — he’s got the ‘it’ factor,” Donovan said before the end of the regular season in April. “He -really does. He’s just a winner.”
Before a sprained left foot in March cut Jones’ season short, the former Duke standout — who had arrived from the Kings in a three-team trade on Feb.