With so many similarities with Dan Hurley (not the least of which, a couple of New York-area Irish kids who were former Big East point guards), Billy Donovan was a perfect sounding board for Hurley while he considered the NBA last spring. “We didn’t get into the Lakers’ situation or their personnel,” recalled Donovan, who is entering his fifth season as Chicago Bulls’ head coach. “I think Danny needed to go through whatever he went through. He was going to be able to find out the inner workings of the Lakers. I don’t know anything about that … Danny had to go through that on his own.”