The Oklahoma City Thunder have picked up the option on the contract of head coach Billy Donovan for the 2019-20 season, reports ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski:
The Oklahoma City Thunder has picked up option on Coach Billy Donovan's contract for the 2019-20 season, the fifth year on his original deal, league source tells ESPN. Donovan is the fourth winningest coach with same team over his four years, behind Kerr, Popovich and Stevens.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) December 17, 2018
Donovan, 53, left his head-coaching position at the University of Florida to take over for Scott Brooks in Oklahoma City prior to the 2015-16 season. Since then, he has coached the Thunder to a combined 168-106 record.
The Thunder are off to a strong start this season. Their 18-10 record has them at third in a tightly contested conference. The biggest story of their season has been Paul George, who is posting career-best numbers in the following categories: points per game (24.9), rebounds per game (7.8), assists per game (4.3) and steals per game (2.1).
