Billy Donovan To Orlando?

ESPN's Pat Forde is reporting that Billy Donovan, coach of the two-time defending NCAA champions, has received a 6-year/$36 million dollar contract from the Orlando Magic and that the Magic expect Billy the Kid to accept the deal. To be perfectly, 100% clear, the Donovan leaving for Orlando is the University of Florida head coach; not the Milton High School junior varsity boy's basketball coach (and author of TheBostonInsider). I hate seeing great college coaches go for the money of the NBA but for $36 million, can you blame him? Donovan is only 42 so even if the NBA doesn't work for him he could still land an elite college job before turning 50. In other NBA coaching news, the Indiana Pacers hired former Celtics coach Jim O'Brien as their new head man. I will miss O'Brien's insider information on ESPN.com as he wrote for the world wide leader since leaving the 76ers a few years back. Also, Marc Iavaroni was hired by the Memphis Grizzlies as their new coach. Iavaroni was highly respected for his work as an assistant with the Phoenix Suns. I hope he stays at Florida and continues to build the super power of the 21st Century (two national championships, one national runner-up). Even making $6 million a year will not give him authority over the spoiled millionaire brats that play in the pros, a level of control that he does have now with the Gators.