{"id":687242,"date":"2026-03-30T02:55:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T02:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/687242\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T02:55:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T02:55:43","slug":"bulls-eliminated-matas-buzelis-backs-billy-donovan-amid-uncertain-future-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/687242\/","title":{"rendered":"Bulls eliminated, Matas Buzelis backs Billy Donovan amid uncertain future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/bvmsports.com\/nba\/chicago-bulls\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bulls<\/a> are officially out of it. Now comes the real question. What happens next? Chicago was eliminated from even play-in contention following Friday\u2019s loss, and attention is already shifting to the offseason. That includes the future of coach Billy Donovan, whose status has been the subject of speculation. Second-year forward Matas Buzelis made it clear where he stands. \u201cHe\u2019s been everything,\u201d Buzelis said, via Joe Cowley of the Chicago Sun-Times. \u201cA role model\u2026 someone I look up to.\u201d Buzelis credited Donovan for pushing him, holding him accountable and helping shape his development, even when that meant quick hooks or&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Bulls are officially out of it. Now comes the real question. What happens next? Chicago was eliminated&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":687243,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3771],"tags":[7,920,919,329,3824,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-687242","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-bulls","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-bulls","10":"tag-chicago","11":"tag-chicago-bulls","12":"tag-chicagobulls","13":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116315880479646722","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=687242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/687243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=687242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=687242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=687242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}