Chicago Bulls head mentor Billy Donovan has entered the league’s overall health and security protocols, the staff announced on Friday. Assistant mentor Chris Fleming will just take about the head coaching responsibilities until finally Donovan is ready to return. 

Donovan is the fourth NBA head coach to enter the well being and security protocols, signing up for Frank Vogel of the Los Angeles Lakers, Alvin Gentry of the Sacramento Kings and Rick Carlisle of the Indiana Pacers. Quite a few assistant coaches and staffers all-around the league have also been impacted.

The Bulls, maybe far more so than any other workforce, have been decimated by the new COVID-19 surge that is sweeping throughout the league. At a person position earlier this month, they had 10 gamers in the wellness and safety protocols, which compelled two of their online games — Dec. 14 vs. the Detroit Pistons and Dec. 16 vs. the Toronto Raptors — to be postponed. Their most recent video game — Dec. 22 vs. the Raptors — did not go ahead possibly, though that was mainly because the Raptors did not have more than enough wholesome gamers. 

The Bulls are tied with the Raptors and Brooklyn Nets for the most postponed video games in the league with a few. It is not apparent when all those game titles will be rescheduled. As opposed to last season, the league did not approach for postponements, so there is not as considerably overall flexibility for relocating video games all-around.