John Loyer’s bio inspired new Trail Blazers coach Kaleb Canales

David Aldridge of NBA.com wrote an excellent section of his notebook on Portland’s new coach, Kaleb Canales, including this Pistons-related tidbit:

"Canales said he just felt "weird" if he wasn’t in the office, working."Every coach has a different story," he said Sunday, before his career record was evened at 1-1 in a loss to the Thunder. "I just tried to do research, in terms of the last 10, 15 years, that’s been the trend. When I got to Portland, John Loyer — he’s an assistant with coach Frank in Detroit — I read his bio. He had some experience in the video department. Obviously studying Erik, he started in the video room. For me, it gave me a great foundation for NBA basketball."