Monday, March 12, 2007

Iavoroni the annoited successor? Maybe not....

I just bought "7 seconds or less: The 2005-2006 season with the Suns". This book is suppose to give a pretty candid look at the Suns last year, with the emphasis placed on the coaching interaction. I got the book because the Suns are awesome, and I thought it would be a great look into Colangelo's previous administration (a team that is a title contender, AND has a top 10 pick in this years draft, amazing....) An unexpected development though is that it gives a lot of insight into Mr. Marc Iavoroni. For example, it was noted in the book that Iavoroni is the Sun's defensive assistant, basically, he designs the "limited" defenses that the Suns run for Mike D'Antoni because of D'Antoni's offensive focus. Also, Iavoroni is from the Pat Reily coaching tree ala Jeff and Stan Van Gundy. Now I really don't see Colangelo hiring a defensive coach for the Raptors considering he clearly believes that offense wins basketball games, and not slowing the pace, and pounding out victories. I'll probably have more Iavoroni updates since I am only a quarter of the way through the book.

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