Raptors fire head coach Nurse
Nurse, 55, finishes his five-year tenure with the Raptors with an overall record of 227-163 with two Atlantic Division titles and three playoff appearances.
The Raptors missed the playoffs in 2023, falling 109-105 to the Chicago Bulls in the 9-10 Eastern Conference Play-In game. Under Nurse, the Raptors thrived with Leonard, who had only played nine games the previous season recovering from a lingering quad injury, under a “load management” plan in which he was regularly rested and frequently did not play in back-to-back games, as well as added big man Marc Gasol in a deal with the Memphis Grizzlies.
Forced to relocate to Tampa for the 2020-21 season due to pandemic-related border regulations, the team won 27 games in the COVID-19-shortened 72-game campaign, the fewest in nearly a decade and missed the playoffs for the first time since 2013. Team talisman Kyle Lowry would be traded in the offseason to the Miami Heat, largely turning the page on the championship team.
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