Some of the guards who’ve had well-documented success playing for Mike D’Antoni and/or Alvin Gentry in the past decade include Steve Nash, Jeremy Lin and Raymond Felton, with the latter two point guards producing results they’ve yet to duplicate under other coaches. But when New Orleans landed E’Twaun Moore on the first day of free agency in July, it was a lesser-known former Phoenix guard that Gentry used as an example for Moore’s potential impact.
“One guy (Gentry) showed me was Raja Bell, his numbers and how well he played and progressed in the system,” Moore said after Monday’s practice.