Everything Nick Nurse

[planetmars]

[inthepaint]

From Nick Nurse this morning (copied from the front page):

“Opportunity abounds. It’s a new season. I feel almost exactly the same as I felt a year ago, and the expectations are the same that I had. We’re going to try to play a style that we played. Play a lot of people. Play defense. All those things that we want to do, try out all those things, and try to grow this thing from starting tomorrow, first day of practice. Try to get the guys that are here to play, A, to their capabilities, and B, extraordinary basketball.”

Let's go.

[KeonClark]

I tried and tried to think of a good nurse pun ... but I

... donut have one.



(Creative insights: I worked from his gaping mouth being the same shape as a donut hole
...and descended into madness from there.)

[GOLDBLUM]

I need a topical Nick nurse pun asap.

I tried and tried to think of a good nurse pun ... but I

... donut have one.



(Creative insights: I worked from his gaping mouth being the same shape as a donut hole
...and descended into madness from there.)

[golden]

I need a topical Nick nurse pun asap.

Kawhi dumped his Nurse for a Doc?

[Maury]

I need a topical Nick nurse pun asap.

[G__Deane]

https://www.sportsnet.ca/basketball/...-sweet-summer/

[chris]

good profile on her from zach lowe this morning

[G__Deane]

Congratulations to Brittni Donaldson, who was promoted to assistant coach with the Raptors.

https://www.sportsnet.ca/basketball/...oaching-staff/

[planetmars]

Don't know much about Brittni but that's cool..

Also I don't think it was mentioned, but they found a replacement for Phil Handy:

[Ebonhawke]

Congratulations to Brittni Donaldson, who was promoted to assistant coach with the Raptors.

[Quirk]

Yeah, Paul George is an apex 2nd banana. He can't win a championship without a better player on his team. And nobody knows that better than Paul George. That's why he attached to Westbrook, but then in a year realized he had the wrong guy.

They play the same position though, and Beverly plays the two, so when they share the floor we will see one of these injury prone players battling with 4s, we'll see how that works out.

[KeonClark]

I think you’re totally misreading it. I think this is the best case scenario for Paul George and he’s loving every second of it.

Yeah, Paul George is an apex 2nd banana. He can't win a championship without a better player on his team. And nobody knows that better than Paul George. That's why he attached to Westbrook, but then in a year realized he had the wrong guy.

[Maury]

I assumed we've all watched the Kawhi/George presser live by now or on the moring TSN loop?

Aside from all the comments we could make about Kawhi's thanks to Toronto speech and Ballmer's truly bizarre behaviour, did anyone watch Paul George specifically while Kawhi was talking?

Dude was looking away, totally bored, raising his eyebrows to someone in the crowd. I already think he doesn't like playing second fiddle to Kawhi in LA just based on his body language lol

I think you’re totally misreading it. I think this is the best case scenario for Paul George and he’s loving every second of it.

[G__Deane]

I assumed we've all watched the Kawhi/George presser live by now or on the moring TSN loop?

Aside from all the comments we could make about Kawhi's thanks to Toronto speech and Ballmer's truly bizarre behaviour, did anyone watch Paul George specifically while Kawhi was talking?

Dude was looking away, totally bored, raising his eyebrows to someone in the crowd. I already think he doesn't like playing second fiddle to Kawhi in LA just based on his body language lol