{"id":716035,"date":"2026-04-22T17:54:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T17:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/716035\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T17:54:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T17:54:26","slug":"colin-cowherd-links-billy-donovan-to-the-orlando-magic-and-kentucky-wildcats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/716035\/","title":{"rendered":"Colin Cowherd links Billy Donovan to the Orlando Magic\u2026 and Kentucky Wildcats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The news of Billy Donovan and the Chicago Bulls parting ways recently made some headlines, but the bigger question was: Where is Donovan heading next?<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Well, many have speculated that Donovan is very interested in the Orlando Magic. That should bring back some nostalgia for basketball fans, as Donovan was hired as the coach of the Orlando Magic in 2007 after back-to-back titles at Florida, while the Kentucky Wildcats also made a push.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Donovan\u2019s time with the Magic lasted less than a week before he changed his mind and returned to Gainesville.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Donovan could ultimately end up with the Magic this time around, although it is an interesting scenario as the Magic are currently in the NBA Playoffs and pulled off an upset in Game 1 against the 1-seed Detroit Pistons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Also important to note: Jamahl Mosley remains the head coach of the Magic, although there has been speculation for much of the season that Mosley may not return as coach of the Magic next season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">So, where does Kentucky play into this? Well, Colin Cowherd &#8211; who lives in Chicago &#8211; mentioned Kentucky as a possible landing spot for Donovan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Take a listen: The Kentucky mention happens at around the 2:00 mark.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cNow, if Orlando beats Detroit in that series, I kind of got a feeling the Pistons are going to come back, blowout win, or keep your eye on Kentucky Basketball,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">It was an interesting statement by Cowherd about Kentucky in that regard. Obviously, Kentucky still has a coach in Mark Pope, but many believe Pope is headed into a critical Year 3 after a disappointing season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Maybe Donovan could come be the Kentucky GM? Lord knows they could use one right about now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Where do you think Billy Donovan lands?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The news of Billy Donovan and the Chicago Bulls parting ways recently made some headlines, but the bigger&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":716036,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3771],"tags":[7,920,919,329,3824,244,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-716035","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-kentucky-wildcats-basketball","14":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116449644644242793","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716035","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=716035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/716036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=716035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=716035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=716035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}