Jerry Stackhouse doesn’t so much patrol the sideline as he prowls it, the intensity shining through without a word being spoken or shouted.
He’s in his first year as the head coach of the Toronto Raptors D-League team based in Mississauga and the same fire he showed throughout his 19-year NBA career is glaringly apparent.
He looks tough, he acts tough, he can get a point across with a scowl as much as an outburst.
And it works.
Stackhouse, who took over the D-League team after a season as an assistant to Raptors head coach Dwane Casey, was named Tuesday as the head coach of the Eastern Conference team that will play in the D-League all-star game that’s part of the NBA’s celebratory weekend in New Orleans Feb.