Raptors send assistant coach Sergio Scariolo packing, in a good way

For years, the Toronto Raptors have prided themselves on being an NBA organization more open than others to the influx of European players and front office personnel.

They have employed players from around the globe; current team president, Masai Ujiri, is the first in his job to hail from Africa; and Maurizio Gherardini was the right-hand man to Bryan Colangelo during mid-2000s.

That movement has now trickled into the coaching staff, and the organization is so cognizant of what Sergio Scariolo means and has accomplished as the head coach of the Spanish national team that the Raptors are giving him an unprecedented opportunity to continue his international work.