Billy Donovan is detailed.
Even when answering a simple media question, the Bulls coach could go on for five minutes easily, seldom taking a breath as he makes sure his explanation is clear and as transparent as an NBA coach can make it.
The best of the Donovan-isms so far?
“Winning sets the rules, I don’t,’’ Donovan fired out over the last week, eventually explaining it a day later.
“The game maybe has evolved over 50 years, but winning hasn’t evolved,’’ Donovan said. “The game sets the rules of what you have to do. If you pick and choose, if you’re taking a play off or not executing, inevitably, you may get by because of your talent or you may get by because of poor defense, but inevitably those kind of habits catch up to you.