2018 NBA Playoffs: 5 head coaches who have underperformed

#1 Billy Donovan

It's been a head-scratching season of sorts for Thunder fans

Oh, the travails of coaching a megastar.

Billy Donovan has genuinely tried to make the best of his roster, but his lack of appreciation for the finer points of modern NBA offense have left the Thunder in the wake of their Western Conference rivals in the 3 years that he's been in the head coaching role.

He's left the keys to his offense to Russell Westbrook, who's one of the most lethargic off-ball players in the entire league. Because of his propensity to stand in the corner instead of doing any kind of off-ball facilitating, Donovan has been unable to get a motion offense going.

But the rest of the Thunder's issues do arise from bad coaching, and they're down 3-1 to the Utah Jazz because of this. In games 3 & 4, Donovan was unable to get his stars the kind of looks they should've been getting. His players shot poorly on top of that, compounding his problem.

Losing to the Jazz in blowouts, away from home, in such ignominious fashion must hurt morale a lot, especially that of Westbrook. It is the reality of this season, however, that all 3 stars on the Thunder roster have put in the work defensively, but have been unable to get anything going on offense for the most part.

It's all down to the coaching and the pick-and-roll offense which the Thunder seem to have resolved to take to their graveyard. It works a few times every game, but they are so predictable these days that practically every team has by now worked out a way around it.

And Donovan has simply been unable to adjust.