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The NBA on TNT crew surprised Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse with a special, pre-recorded visit from someone very close to him. Nurse was ambushed by a messaged recorded by his former high school coach of Kuemper Catholic High School’s basketball team, Wayne Chandlee, who shared with him the news that he won the […]

The Toronto Raptors finished the 2018-19 NBA season with an NBA-best 58-24 overall record and went on to claim their first championship in franchise history. This season, the team seems to be on pace to defend its title, but they’re doing it without the services of Kawhi Leonard, who is now playing for the Clippers. […]

The Milwaukee Bucks have been viewed as the favorite in the Eastern Conference all season, but are the defending champion Toronto Raptors looking to take that title? With the two sides set to square off on Monday night, the debate train is building steam. The Raptors are rolling right now. In fact, the team has […]

Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse, Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Billy Donovan and Milwaukee Bucks head coach Mike Budenholzer are the three finalists for the 2020 NBA Coach of the Year Award. Budenholzer won the award last season after guiding the Bucks to the best record in the NBA. The three finalists for the […]

Prior to their game against the Boston Celtics on Friday, the Toronto Raptors arrived by wearing a special shirt honoring the first ever African-American general manager in the NBA, Wayne Embry. The @Raptors arrive in shirts honoring Wayne Embry, the first Black general manager & team president in NBA history. BOS vs. TOR // 9pm […]

Norman Powell of the Toronto Raptors has been struggling as of late. Head coach Nick Nurse has seen this familiar scene before, noting that sooner or later, the guard will finally get his mojo back. Before the 2019-20 season was suspended in March, Powell had been averaging 16.2 points per game in 28.7 minutes. But […]

All season long, several experts have refused to acknowledge the Toronto Raptors as legitimate title contenders despite being the defending champions. However, if head coach Nick Nurse is concerned, he’s not bothered one bit. Per Tim Bontemps of ESPN, Nurse was asked if he’s concerned that basketball analysts are not convinced that they can successfully […]

The Toronto Raptors enjoyed an emphatic victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday. While Kyle Lowry was their star of the night, it was Toronto’s suffocating defense that led them to the 107-92 victory over the No. 1 team in the West. According to Lowry, Raptors head coach Nick Nurse initially intended to ease […]

Players and coaches on both the Toronto Raptors and Los Angeles Lakers took a knee during the playing of the national anthem on Saturday. It was a symbolic gesture against systemic racism not only in the United States and Canada, but throughout the entire world as well. For his part, Raptors head coach Nick Nurse […]

The defending NBA-champion Toronto Raptors are back where they were last season: the second seed in the Eastern Conference, contending for a championship. Furthermore, they’re doing so after losing superstar Kawhi Leonard to free agency. They’re in this situation thanks to a combination of veteran reliability and young players on the rise. One of those […]

Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse is aware that his team doesn’t have a big star in the MVP race. Nevertheless, he’s proud of his team and knows that they’re the best in what they do. Per Josh Lewenberg of TSN Sports, Nurse pointed out what makes his team special. According to him, the quintet […]

Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse is looking at things differently. The man at the helm of last year’s championship team was one of the first to leave the market, traveling to Florida with the rest of the Raptors — the first of 22 teams invited to Walt Disney World for the restart of the […]

Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse has opened up about his biggest concern as the NBA restart draws closer. According to the defending champs head coach, his biggest worry lies in the possibility of one of his guys testing positive for the virus. Nurse explained his issue in a recent interview with David Aldridge of […]

Nick Nurse will forever go down in history as the man who coached the Toronto Raptors to an unprecedented title run in 2019 — the first in the team’s franchise history. Recently, the 52-year-old did a lengthy interview with Michael Grange of Sportsnet. Nurse admitted that legendary coach Phil Jackson — who himself is a […]

The Toronto Raptors are 46-18 this season, which is good for the two seed in the Eastern Conference. Last season they were 46-18 through 64 games, which was also good for the two seed in the Eastern Conference. The 2018-19 Raptors had one of the best players in the NBA on their roster: Kawhi Leonard. […]

The fun contest between the Toronto Raptors and the Golden State Warriors was easily one of the most entertaining games played last night. Stephen Curry’s triumphant return to the Dubs was spoiled by strong play by the Raptors, but that wasn’t the only noteworthy thing that happened last night. One Warriors fan got the attention […]

Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse believes Golden State Warriors small forward Andrew Wiggins will play for Team Canada in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Nurse is the head coach of Team Canada: Nurse said he's hoping wiggins plays for Canada this summer and then adds "I think he will" — Eric Smith (@Eric__Smith) March 6, […]

Prior to the start of this season, not many would have predicted that the Toronto Raptors would be able to successfully defend their Eastern Conference title. Teams like the Milwaukee Bucks and Philadelphia 76ers were always the favorites to come out of the East this term, but at this point in the campaign, Toronto has […]

Despite the rousing success of the new NBA All-Star Game format which drew praise from fans and players alike, many fans of the players on Team Giannis were a tad perplexed by the unusual decisions made by Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse in the game’s closing moments. The Elam Ending of the game (which […]

Nick Nurse and Taylor Jenkins have been named the NBA’s Coaches of the Month for January. Nurse and the Toronto Raptors had a record of 12-3 in January, while Jenkins and the Memphis Grizzlies went 11-4. The Raptors are looking to shock the world this season and repeat as NBA champions despite the losses of Kawhi […]

The All-Star Game is going to be revolutionary as a couple of big changes to its format as well as being a grand tribute to Kobe Bryant. The name of the Team Giannis head coach has been announced, and it’s going to be Nick Nurse. The league announced via a statement shared to reporters like […]

With current Los Angeles Clippers superstar forward Kawhi Leonard no longer north of the border with veteran shooting guard DeMar DeRozan now a member of the San Antonio Spurs, Toronto Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry has been asked to carry quite the workload as his team continues to battle it out as the defending NBA […]

Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse has plans of shuffling his team’s starting lineup here and there during the second half of this season, according to Ryan Wolstat of the Toronto Sun. With Fred VanVleet back healthy, Nurse is currently sticking with the dual point guard lineup featuring VanVleet and Kyle Lowry. Serge Ibaka had […]

The impending return of grizzled veteran Marc Gasol marks an interesting conundrum for head coach Nick Nurse, who must now decide who will get the nod at center from here on out. While Serge Ibaka is likely to keep his job, for the time being, Nurse must examine if he should eventually give the Spaniard […]

Wednesday was bittersweet for coach Nick Nurse and the Toronto Raptors as they defeated the Detroit Pistons 112-99 but lost two key players in Marc Gasol and Norman Powell to separate injuries. “It’s too bad. A win with a heavy price, to be honest,” Nurse described the unfortunate incident, per Ryan Wolstat of The Toronto […]

Toronto Raptors head coach acknowledges that Pascal Siakam has been a superstar for his team this year. Nevertheless, Nurse — ever the realist — was also not afraid to state that Giannis Antetokounmpo and LeBron James have separated themselves from the rest of the pack as the MVP frontrunners: Nurse was asked about MVP consideration […]

With Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green leaving in free agency, with a bunch of young players taking on larger roles in their rotation, the defending NBA-champion Toronto Raptors were generally viewed as a team that would sneak into the Eastern Conference playoffs but do little more this season. Well, something funny happened: their youngsters grew […]

Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse is looking forward to seeing Kawhi Leonard on Wednesday, but is also excited about competing against him. Leonard will get his championship ring from last season from the Raptors. Once the game starts, though, Nurse and Leonard will be enemies: Nurse: "I'm gonna be connected to Kawhi for life […]

On Wednesday, Los Angeles Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard will play his first game in Toronto since helping the franchise claim the 2019 NBA championship. His offseason decision to sign a max contract with the Clippers — thereby spurring the Raptors — makes for one of the best one-year stints in league history. Raptors point guard […]

Finding a way to guard against Houston Rockets guard James Harden has been pretty fruitless. But Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse thinks he might have the “mystery” scheme to keep Harden’s numbers down on Thursday night. Nurse hinted that the Raptors could play a little bit of zone against Houston’s backcourt while possibly deploying […]

Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse and Los Angeles Lakers coach Frank Vogel have been named the Coaches of the Month for November by the NBA. Toronto's Nick Nurse and the Lakers' Frank Vogel have just been named East and West Coach of the Month for November by the NBA — Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) December 2, […]

The Toronto Raptors rose from 11th in ESPN’s power rankings to seventh, something that had center Serge Ibaka laughing at the ebb and flow of people’s opinions after many discounted the Raptors as competition in the East at the start of the season. Since, the Raptors sit 1.5 games behind the lead at a strong […]

Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse is hopeful point guard Kyle Lowry and big man Serge Ibaka will be back in the lineup by Dec. 1. Ibaka is still recovering from a sprained right ankle, while Lowry is out after fracturing the distal phalanx of his left thumb. No Ibaka tonight. Nurse says he hopes […]

Defense has been the main element that has made the Toronto Raptors one of the top teams in the NBA today. Head coach Nick Nurse commended the veterans for getting the newcomers up to speed on playing the level of defense that he wants the whole team to play. “You guys heard me complaining about […]

Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse — who’ll also helm the Canadian basketball team as they try to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics — spoke about the recent commitments of Jamal Murray, RJ Barrett, and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. Per Ryan Wolstat of the Toronto Sun, Nurse is ecstatic about the additions of the up and […]

Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry has yet to play since Nov. 8 after fracturing his left thumb in a game against the New Orleans Pelicans. Apart from rehabbing his injury, the five-time NBA All-Star has also used the downtime to help his team by coaching on the sidelines during Raptor practices. The team’s head coach […]

Pascal Siakam is the present and future of the Toronto Raptors. That could mean the Toronto faithful has another Kawhi Leonard on its hands. Yes, Siakam has two inches on Leonard, and he wears a headband. But the two have a lot in common besides playing for the Raptors last season when it concerns their […]

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Clippers and Toronto Raptors faced off on Monday night at Staples Center. For Kawhi Leonard, it was his first time taking on Nick Nurse and the Raptors, the team he helped lead to the 2019 NBA championship. Prior to the Clippers’ 98-88 victory, Raptors head coach Nick Nurse addressed […]

Ahead of their duel against the LA Clippers, Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse reflected on the 2019 title run with Kawhi Leonard. Nurse said that he has a lot of favorite moments with Leonard. He got to know the two-time Finals MVP both as a player and a person through various meetings and encounters. […]