Everything Nick Nurse

[planetmars]

Lewenberg has a pretty good article on Nurse:
https://www.tsn.ca/raptors-may-have-...role-1.1149793

[Just Is]

Lewenberg has a pretty good article on Nurse:
https://www.tsn.ca/raptors-may-have-...role-1.1149793

Yeah; I was a big fan of that article. I think the most shocking part initially was that JV wasn't locked into the starting spot but, once I finished, I 100% understood the logic behind it. The other part though was that it kind of sold me on the most likely Day 1 starting line up being Lowry-Green-Leonard-OG-JV,

[LJ2]

Lewenberg has a pretty good article on Nurse:
https://www.tsn.ca/raptors-may-have-...role-1.1149793

I think he starts the season with Serge at 4. He's the vet on the big contract and it's his spot to lose.

The only question I have is whether Green or OG gets the start. OG is the bigger, stronger defender, but Green is no slouch and brings the more consistent shooting. OG vs. Green for who starts, is a thread on it's own LOL

[Nilanka]

Lewenberg has a pretty good article on Nurse:
https://www.tsn.ca/raptors-may-have-...role-1.1149793

It's sooooooooooo refreshing to hear Nurse speak.

[Axel]

It's sooooooooooo refreshing to hear Nurse speak.

I think hearing the way that initial meeting went down did a lot to calm the fear of uncertainty that a lot of fans had about Nurse taking on this challenge.

Sidenote: imagine how awkward this might have been if we had hired Messina or another of the Spurs staffers?

[Nilanka]

I think hearing the way that initial meeting went down did a lot to calm the fear of uncertainty that a lot of fans had about Nurse taking on this challenge.

Sidenote: imagine how awkward this might have been if we had hired Messina or another of the Spurs staffers?

REAL awkward

[JimiCliff]

I think hearing the way that initial meeting went down did a lot to calm the fear of uncertainty that a lot of fans had about Nurse taking on this challenge.

Sidenote: imagine how awkward this might have been if we had hired Messina or another of the Spurs staffers?

'We can't make this trade' awkward.

[Demographic Shift]

I think hearing the way that initial meeting went down did a lot to calm the fear of uncertainty that a lot of fans had about Nurse taking on this challenge.

Sidenote: imagine how awkward this might have been if we had hired Messina or another of the Spurs staffers?

Better to be lucky than good eh?

[planetmars]

I wonder if the idea of getting Kawhi blossomed during the interviews with Messina. The off chance that they actually had a chance at Kawhi might have been a reason as to why they went with Nurse instead.

[Jclaw]

“I’m still on the JV train, for sure,” Nurse said. “I thought he made his biggest leap forward last year. I don’t know if his numbers were that much better, I don’t think they were, but just overall you felt better about him being on the floor. He felt better, he looked better, he just felt like more of a basketball player, [rather] than just running up and down, posting up and not getting the ball, and running back, and running down. He’s moving, and he’s swinging, and he’s rolling, he’s catching, he’s kicking. He just looks like more of a basketball player.”

That was my favourite part..so many year of JV lumbering up the court, being wide open, being ignored, going to set a screen and then getting the rebound before giving it up for a while again. He's not perfect but at least use him if he's there.

[The Claw Reborn]

[ReubenJRD]

Not sure if this has been posted, but just saw this:

Nurse talks about his coaching journey.

[Puffer]

Not sure if this has been posted, but just saw this:

Nurse talks about his coaching journey.

Note: This was before the Kawhi trade.
Great interview with Nurse. Lot's of stuff that was certainly news to me. I like him even more than I did before.

[Kuh]

Nick Nurse is turning into one of the key men for this team for the coming season.

He's got all sorts of tools to work with:
- Lowry, Kawhi and Jonas will start
- Delon and Freddie to juggle as backup PGs
- Ibaka, Siakam, Monroe (and OG and Kawhi) to juggle as bigs
- OG, Danny, CJ, Norm (and Delon) to juggle as wings

The question is: what will Nurse (and his coaching team) make of all these tools?
- can Nick (as a rookie NBA head coach) turn all these tools into a cohesive team?
- will he go with predictable rotations, or will he change it up based on the opponents?
- how quickly will lineups get to know each other, especially if there is constant change rather than predictable rotations?
- can he manage the chemistry where for character or performance reasons none of the vets (Lowry, Leonard, Ibaka, Green or Monroe) is an obvious steady, reliable, team leader in the locker room?
- and can he manage the chemistry in his own coaching team?

I predict a slowish start as Nick starts to figure all this out. The question is, will the team gel by December or not?

[DogeLover1234]

Nick Nurse is turning into one of the key men for this team for the coming season.

He's got all sorts of tools to work with:
- Lowry, Kawhi and Jonas will start
- Delon and Freddie to juggle as backup PGs
- Ibaka, Siakam, Monroe (and OG and Kawhi) to juggle as bigs
- OG, Danny, CJ, Norm (and Delon) to juggle as wings

The question is: what will Nurse (and his coaching team) make of all these tools?
- can Nick (as a rookie NBA head coach) turn all these tools into a cohesive team?
- will he go with predictable rotations, or will he change it up based on the opponents?
- how quickly will lineups get to know each other, especially if there is constant change rather than predictable rotations?
- can he manage the chemistry where for character or performance reasons none of the vets (Lowry, Leonard, Ibaka, Green or Monroe) is an obvious steady, reliable, team leader in the locker room?
- and can he manage the chemistry in his own coaching team?

I predict a slowish start as Nick starts to figure all this out. The question is, will the team gel by December or not?

I am so curious. The way he has been pegged as a forward thinker makes me sooo curious and excited. The biggest question mark about him is going to be the little stuff in game; how are the rotations, out of time out plays, etc.