Four years after Nick Nurse led the Raptors to the summit of the NBA, the most successful head coach in the franchise’s 28-year history is out of work
If the lone championship banner that ends with 19 instead of starting with those two digits wasn’t enough of a differentiator, another characteristic separating Scotiabank Arena’s two principal tenants was laid bare Friday morning in Toronto.
The team president pulled few punches when asked why now was the right time for the divorce, with Nurse reportedly having one year left on his deal. The way the season ended, with the team turning a 19-point third-quarter lead into a four-point loss to the Chicago Bulls in the play-in, left more than simply a sour taste in Ujiri’s mouth.
And, most damningly, for someone who can have not just the best seats in the house, but gets paid to sit in them, Ujiri added that watching his team had started to become something of a chore. While Nurse remains head coach of Team Canada, with a contract that runs through next year’s Paris Olympics, he may not be out of work for long. Media reports have already linked him with the vacant job with the Houston Rockets, for whom he once coached their G-League franchise.
With the 2013 NBA executive of the year set to make just his second coaching appointment during his 10-year tenure – he inherited Dwane Casey as head coach when he came over from Denver in 2013 – he refuses to dwell on the past. When the Detroit Pistons hired Casey in June, 2018, as head coach, the Raptors promoted Nurse to the top position.
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