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OKC Thunder: Billy Donovan faces tough task to win in first year with Thunder

Until Brad Stevens coached the Boston Celtics into these NBA playoffs, college coaches had a reputation in pro basketball. It wasn’t good.

Lon Kruger. John Calipari. Reggie Theus. Leonard Hamilton. Tim Floyd. Mike Montgomery.


Los Angeles Lakers Earvin Magic Johnson (center with raised arms) and teammates Norm Nixon (far left), Brad Holland and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (with hat) respond to the crowd at a victory rally in Los Angeles on May 17, 1980. The Lakers beat the Philadelphia 76ers in Philadelphia on Friday to win the NBA world championships, 4 games to 2.