06-06-2011, 04:51 PM
Italian coach Ettore Messina has led teams to four Euroleague championships and was named in 2008 as one of the Euroleague's top 10 coaches of all time. Now the word on the street is that he'll be joining the staff of the Los Angeles Lakers, according to ESPN.
New Lakers coach Mike Brown and Messina "developed a relationship" when Brown was the head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Messina was running the show at CSKA Moscow. "Brown routinely flew to Italy, where Messina held CSKA's training camps, to pick up new ideas to use with the Cavs," ESPN notes.
The site also reports that the 52-year-old Messina "will be listed as an assistant coach but will be behind the bench, not on it, and will serve in more of a consulting capacity."
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/rumors/post/...nba-360506
New Lakers coach Mike Brown and Messina "developed a relationship" when Brown was the head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Messina was running the show at CSKA Moscow. "Brown routinely flew to Italy, where Messina held CSKA's training camps, to pick up new ideas to use with the Cavs," ESPN notes.
The site also reports that the 52-year-old Messina "will be listed as an assistant coach but will be behind the bench, not on it, and will serve in more of a consulting capacity."
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/rumors/post/...nba-360506