SALT LAKE CITY — To understand the core of Quin Snyder and Igor Kokoskov’s relationship, their three seasons spent together on the Utah Jazz coaching staff was just a small sample size.
It’s way deeper than that.
The close bond they share today as head coaches of the Jazz and Phoenix Suns dates back to more than two decades ago.
Kokoskov was a young man in his early 20s, visiting college programs across America — fresh from overseas in Serbia.
And one of those stops happened to be in Durham, North Carolina at Duke University, where Snyder played ball and served as an assistant coach.