From USA Today's @JeffZillgitt: Doug Collins is a huge supporter of Quin Snyder. "One of the best basketball minds I've ever been around."
I'm still underwhelmed by this hire. I think that they should have been bold and just hired Messina outright. I'll be happy if they get him as an assistant, but I fear that it will be to help get him the NBA experience he needs for another team to be bold about hiring him.
I'm encouraged that he seems like a very detailed oriented coach, but I'm not sure I love this move. He was definitely the best of the top four coaches identified as finalists.
bam!