Personal touches best bet for bonding with Serge Ibaka and P.J. Tucker added to core mix, Dwane Casey says.
MIAMI—The X’s and O’s are the lifeblood of any basketball coach, and trying to devise strategies that put his players in the best position to succeed and come up with wrinkles to confound opponents is what drives them.
But there is so much more to the job than that, as Dwane Casey knows so well — issues as large as plays and defensive schemes that have just as much to do with a team’s success or failure.