NEW YORK — Billy Donovan was very transparent in the final days leading up to the NBA trade deadline.
The Bulls coach insisted on Tuesday that he liked the roster as is, and more importantly, so did his bosses.
So with the deadline passing on Thursday afternoon, the idea that the Bulls didn’t make a deal wasn’t one of shock.
“You mean blow the whole thing up? I don’t see [that],’’ Donovan said after loss in Memphis. “The way I would look at it from my perspective is I know that I really, really like our guys a lot in terms of working with them, and where the heart and the spirit is at.