To fill out the rest of their coaching staff, the Toronto Raptors are reportedly set to hire Patrick Mutombo (no relation to Dikembe, sadly) as a new assistant coach. This info comes to us via Blake “Restless” Murphy of Raptors Republic.
Mutombo comes to the Raptors after a stint in the D-League with the Austin Spurs as an assistant coach. Before that, from 2011 to 2015 he was with the Denver Nuggets as first a player development coordinator and then a full-on assistant. Given their Nuggets connection, and their mutual Giants of Africa bond, it’s safe to assume Masai Ujiri knows and likes Mutombo as a person and professional going into this new arrangement.