Toronto fires Nick Nurse, who led Raptors to 2019 NBA title | National Newswatch
TORONTO — Nick Nurse was fired Friday as coach of the Toronto Raptors, four years after he led the franchise to its first and only NBA championship.
The last three seasons have not gone as the team planned. The Raptors missed the playoffs in 2021, a year where they were forced to call Tampa, Florida, home because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the challenge of getting teams in and out of Canada for games. They lost in the first round in 2022, and lost an elimination game at home in the play-in tournament this season.
Ujiri called the move"an opportunity for us to reset, to refocus, to put into place the personnel and the players who will help us reach our goal of winning our next championship.” “Just see how the relationship with the organization is and everything,” Nurse said. “It’s been 10 years for me, which is a pretty good run. Over those 10 years, we've got to be up there in number of wins with anybody in the league.”Former Boston coach Ime Udoka is among the coaches whom Toronto is expected to consider for Nurse’s replacement.
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