TORONTO -- The Toronto Raptors have hired added assistant coaches Patrick Mutombo and Jim Sann to Dwane Casey's staff for the upcoming NBA season.
The club announced the moves Friday. In addition, assistant coach Jama Mahlalela has been promoted and will move up from the second row of the bench to join assistants Rex Kalamian and Nick Nurse on the front row.
"I am pleased to add Patrick and Jim to our coaching staff," Casey said in a statement. "Both possess a tremendous work ethic and a wealth of basketball experience that with help our players improve.
"Jama has done a great job for us in the area of player development and game preparation the last several seasons and is deserving of this recognition."
Mutombo joins the Raptors after one season as an assistant coach with the Austin Spurs of the NBA D-League. Prior to joining the Spurs, Mutombo spent four seasons with the Denver Nuggets (2011-15), including the last three as an assistant coach.
Sann rejoins the Raptors where he served as an assistant coach on Kevin O'Neill's staff during the 2003-04 season. He spent the last three seasons as assistant coach/advance scout with the Brooklyn Nets. Sann was also with the Nets organization for five seasons (2005-10) as an assistant coach/coaching associate.
Mahlalela enters his fourth season as an assistant coach. He moved to the bench following two seasons working in the Raptors' front office as director of player development.
Mahlalela started with the Raptors in 2006 as a member of the community development staff, leading the Raptors Basketball Academy and various clinics throughout Canada. He was named director of basketball operations for NBA Asia in 2009 and oversaw the League's clinics, youth programs and elite-level development from his base in Hong Kong.
