LAS VEGAS – If it’s possible for a summer league matchup to be dripping with storylines, Saturday’s New Orleans-Golden State quarterfinal game (9 p.m. Central, NBA TV) certainly fits the bill. A few weeks after Alvin Gentry changed addresses from the Bay Area to the Gulf Coast, his current team will face his former club. Additionally, Gentry’s associate head coach, Darren Erman, is a former Warriors assistant. Erman even led the 2013 summer Warriors to the inaugural Las Vegas tourney championship and is 10-0 career as a summer head coach (including 3-0 this year).
The Pelicans-Warriors connections aren’t limited to the New Orleans coaching staff, either.