It’s been a whirlwind the last several days for Dallas Mavericks’ lead assistant Dwane Casey.
Last week, the Mavericks claimed their first title. Casey helped celebrate with all of his team once they got back to Dallas later in the week.
And Casey also had what appears to be a successful job interview with Toronto general manager Bryan Colangelo.
Enough that the Dallas Morning News is reporting that Casey perhaps as soon as later this afternoon.
Casey interviewed with the Raptors twice over the last several days. He apparently has beaten out Boston lead assistant and former New Jersey head coach Lawrence Frank.
Casey, a former Kentucky standout in college, has most recently served as the top assistant coach under Rick Carlisle for the Mavericks. Earlier, he was the head coach for the Minnesota Timberwolves over 1-1/2 seasons — a span during which the Timberwolves were 53-69. The Timberwolves were 20-20 in the 2006-07 when Casey was fired by then-GM Kevin McHale, who said he believed the team was a playoff contender. Randy Wittman took over, and the team finished 12-30 in its remaining 42 games.
Casey will take over the vacant job created when Jay Triano was demoted after more than two seasons as Toronto’s head coach.
Frank apparently has now emerged as the created when John Kuester’s contract wasn’t renewed, the Toronto Star reports.