At this point, it is almost surreal to think that Dwane Casey started his NBA coaching career as an assistant under George Karl.

Casey has spent his two seasons in Toronto preaching playoff-style basketball — a grind-it-out defence and a patient offence capable of executing its halfcourt offence. Karl’s Denver Nuggets, meanwhile, like to push the pace and, in Casey’s words, are “defensively impatient” — this was not meant as a criticism, but as an acknowledgement that Denver tries to create turnovers with impunity.

via Eric Koreen of the National Post