John Loyer’s bio inspired new Trail Blazers coach Kaleb Canales
By Dan Feldman
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."