Billy Donovan's first "magic" act as the Orlando coach was his very own disappearing act. In what can only be classified as a bizarre turn of events, Billy has changed his mind and wants out of Orlando. Wow! Either two things happened to cause this drastic change of heart: one, he realized Orlando is still years away from competing for a championship or two, it actually got to him to leave the Gators and to break his word to the kids he so passionately recruited. It looks like the Magic organization believes it's the first reason because they seem to be asking for Billy to accept a 5-year ban from the NBA to get out of his contract without further legal action. This would stabilize his recruiting situation but certainly cripple his plans of conquering the NBA like he has conquered college basketball in recent years. It will be interesting to see how this pans out...
On the flip side, Anthony Grant, who must have ran around the VCU campus naked a few times after Donovan bailed because he was going to a big-time basketball program after only 1 year as a head coach, albeit a very successful one (not so successful for the Dukies). Now, he's stuck at VCU for another year with Eric Maynor returning for his Junior season. However, the chances of duplicating their success from a year ago is slim considering the Colonial on its best day is a two-bid conference.
More on this soap opera as it unfolds...
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