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Commentary: Billy Donovan, Brad Stevens will get more college coaches NBA opportunities

The success of Brad Stevens with the Celtics and the rise of Billy Donovan to head coach of the Thunder means that other college coaches will soon get a chance in the NBA.


Former Florida basketball coach Billy Donovan, right, speaks as Oklahoma City Thunder general manager Sam Presti looks on during a press conference to introduce Donovan as the team's new head basketball coach at the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Okla. on Friday, May 1, 2015. Photo by Chris Landsberger, The Oklahoman

SI.com's Phil Taylor writes that Stevens' work in getting the Celtics to the playoffs, coupled with college coaches likely to be as analytics driven as NBA head coaches, has and will continue to give NBA teams reasons to go after the brightest college minds who share their vision.