Colangelo, Mitchell have issues to reconcile

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Linkage - April 30
Published 4/30/2008 by Scott at The AltRaps Blog
... president right to say, “On your bench?” When Andrea Bargnani, the president’s No.1 pick in the 2006 draft, flounders and regresses as the season goes on, was the coach right to adopt a sink-or-swim approach to the 22-year-old’s development? Even Mitchell wonders about that. “Maybe I should have pulled back a little bit,” he said. Which adds weight to the president’s doubts that tough love was the right brand of affection for an underachiever he staked his professional reputation on. - Globe and Mail For Bargnani to develop, he’s going to have to stop being a momma’s boy - ...

Toronto is still Sam’s town. Thoughts?
Published 4/30/2008 by Cuzzy at Cuzoogle
... the Toronto media and despite what everyone is saying it looks like Sam Mitchell will be back. Is this a good thing? Hard to say really. I like SMitch as a person and enjoy listening to his blunt interviews. But that does not mean he is the right coach to make the team better. There are going to be a lot of quality coaches out there to grab so does that tempt BC? Mike D’Antoni seems to be on the way out in Phoenix, does BC revisit that idea since it did work when they were both in Arizona. It is going to be a ...