Bryan Colangelo: You Know He's Good When...

When even his “mistakes” end up smelling like roses.  The one “mistake” that I’m particularly referring to is acquiring Jermaine O'Neal in a trade last year. Why I keep using quotation marks is because, after seeing what’s transpired after that deal thus far, I can’t think of better possible outcome for the Toronto Raptors.   Lead By Example First, the Jermaine O'Neal trade showed me a lot about Colangelo’s character.  Colangelo’s preference, since his days with the Phoenix Suns, has been to have a team heavily weighted towards offense, whereas his former coach, Sam Mitchell, subscribed to the philosophy of defense first, or you get benched. But, instead of taking the “my way or the highway” approach with Mitchell’s difference in opinion, Colangelo took a huge a risk and obtained the type of player (a good defensive player) that Mitchell long coveted; Colangelo stuck his own reputation on ...