{"id":584075,"date":"2026-04-04T02:17:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T02:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/584075\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T02:17:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T02:17:07","slug":"bulls-notes-donovan-mcclung-giddey-jones-ivey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/584075\/","title":{"rendered":"Bulls Notes: Donovan, McClung, Giddey, Jones, Ivey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Billy Donovan is seriously giving thought to leaving the Bulls at the conclusion of the season, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/nba-stories\/latest-nba-offseason-buzz-warriors-intel-billy-donovan-bulls-free-agency\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Brett Siegel of ClutchPoints<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n<p>Siegel hears that Arizona head coach Tommy Lloyd was North Carolina\u2019s top choice to become its head coach.\u00a0 However, Lloyd agreed to a five-year deal to stay at Arizona, which makes Donovan the Tar Heels\u2019 clear choice for the job.<\/p>\n<p>Donovan is committed to the Bulls through the remainder of the season and won\u2019t make any decisions on his future until April 12, Siegel adds. However, there is a growing belief around the league that Donovan will leave the franchise.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s more on the Bulls:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mccluma01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-04-03_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mac McClung<\/a> has done it again. The three-time NBA dunk contest champion has been named NBA G League MVP for the second time, the NBA announced (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NBAPR\/status\/2040112151805780064\" rel=\"nofollow\">via Twitter<\/a>)<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheSteinLine\/status\/2040128861371879888\" rel=\"nofollow\">.<\/a> McClung, who is on a two-way contract, has been playing for the Windy City Bulls. The 27-year-old guard put up huge numbers in the regular season, averaging a G League-best 31.8 points, 7.9 assists, 3.6 rebounds and 1.2 steals on .515\/.381\/.781 shooting in 29 games (37.3 minutes per contest). Rockets two-way guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/n\/newtotr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-04-03_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tristen Newton<\/a> and Kings swingman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jeffrda01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-04-03_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DaQuan Jeffries<\/a> finished second and third in voting, respectively.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/g\/giddejo01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-04-03_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Josh Giddey<\/a> (hamstring) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jonestr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-04-03_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tre Jones<\/a> (ankle) have been upgraded to probable for tonight\u2019s game against the Knicks, K.C. Johnson of Chicago Sports Network <a target=\"_blank\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KCJHoop\/status\/2040092051526525233\" rel=\"nofollow\">tweets<\/a>. McClung is also probable with abdominal tightness.<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/bulls\/2026\/04\/01\/as-questions-linger-bulls-trying-to-move-on-from-jaden-ivey-saga\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Brian Sandalow of the Chicago Sun Times<\/a> details how the team has tried to move on from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/i\/iveyja01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-04-03_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jaden Ivey<\/a> saga. Ivey was waived earlier in the week following several controversial live streams on social media, among <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopsrumors.com\/2026\/03\/latest-on-jaden-ivey.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">other factors<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Billy Donovan is seriously giving thought to leaving the Bulls at the conclusion of the season, Brett Siegel&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":584076,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,8640,32202,19709,8642,285972,85,179347,135762],"class_list":{"0":"post-584075","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-basketball","11":"tag-billy-donovan","12":"tag-daquan-jeffries","13":"tag-jaden-ivey","14":"tag-josh-giddey","15":"tag-mac-mcclung","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-tre-jones","18":"tag-tristen-newton"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=584075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/584076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}