PHOENIX – There are times when Billy Donovan gets wordy with his responses to the media, making sure he doesn’t skip the details.
But the essence of what the Bulls coach is saying is usually very straight-forward.
Maybe it’s a mentality that was instilled growing up in Rockville Centre on Long Island, or maybe it was acquired from all those years of running an elite Florida Gators program where the end game was always a National Championship.
Either way, his approach is very black and white, sink or swim.
That was his message to his players after yet another disappointing loss to a playoff-bound squad, and there was no dancing around it.