Marc Iavaroni out as Raptors assistant Published On Sat Jul 17 2010 By Doug Smith http://tinyurl.com/38jfcds The Raptors gained a player and lost a coach as the Summer of Change continues. On the day the Denver Nuggets didn’t match an offer sheet extended to restricted free agent forward Linas Kleiza, assistant coach Marc Iavaroni is leaving Jay Triano’s staff to join new head coach Vinny Del Negro with the Los Angeles Clippers. The news on Kleiza, who has a four-year, $18.8 million deal with the Raptors, is hardly surprising; the Nuggets were never expected to match the offer. But the departure of Iavaroni, hired a year ago as ostensibly Toronto’s defensive guru, is mildly surprising. Even after the addition of P.J. Carlesimo to Triano’s staff in May, there were no other staff changes planned until the 53-year-old former head coach of the Memphis Grizzlies decided to leave for Los Angeles. Del Negro, the former head coach in Chicago, was hired to replace the fired Mike Dunleavy and interim head coach Kim Hughes with the Clippers earlier this month. In his time with the Bulls, Del Negro always had an older, more experienced assistant like Del Harris or Bernie Bickerstaff on his staff. Iavaroni’s tenure with Toronto hardly worked out as planned. The Raptors were among the worst defensive teams in the NBA last season, allowing teams to average 105.8 points against them, fourth worst in the NBA. His departure leaves a staff of Carlesimo, Alex English and Micah Nori to work with Triano. Alvin Williams and Eric Hughes remain as assistant coaches for basketball development. Iavaroni had worked as an assistant in Miami, Cleveland and Phoenix before getting the head coaching job in Memphis in 2007. He lasted 39 games into the 2008-09 season before being fired by the Grizzlies. In his five seasons with the Suns, he was the lead assistant on a staff that produced one of the most powerful offences in NBA history. There was no word on whether Iavaroni will be replaced in Toronto. The Raptors, meanwhile, finished a perfect 5-0 run in the Las Vegas Summer League on Saturday, beating the New Orleans Hornets 101-93 behind 24 points from Ronald Dupree. Both DeMar DeRozan and Sonny Weems had family obligations and missed the final game of the summer league season. 1. Linas Kleiza簽約 四年18.8M 2. 防守助教Marc Iavaroni離開暴龍 去快艇加入Vinny Del Negro的教練團隊 3. DeMar DeRozan跟Sonny Weems缺席最後一場比賽是因為家庭因素 --

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