NEW YORK – On several occasions last season, Ayo Dosunmu was asked about his relationship with coach Billy Donovan, and replied, “I want to be coached hard.’’
Well, wish granted.
How’s this for some good old fashioned hard coaching?
Because of the Lonzo Ball injury, Dosunmu was a starter at the beginning of this 2022-23 campaign, then lost his job and was demoted to the bench, only to then watch playing time start to dry up the last 10 days as a reserve.
That included a season-low five minutes against Miami on Tuesday, in which it suddenly felt like there was a reason Dosunmu was a second-round pick in last year’s draft, and all of those concerns about him were being exposed.