Nick Nurse wanted his son to see the Rolling Stones live, before Mick Jagger died. And so briefly after meeting with the Raptors’ top brass about the team’s head coaching vacancy, Toronto’s offensive scientist jetted to England with 14-year-old Noah, unsatisfied until “Satisfaction” blanketed Old Trafford in Manchester. They took a train to London the following morning and toured Stratford-upon-Avon, where they saw a production of King Lear at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, covering 400 years of culture in 48 hours. “You don’t get much further from the NBA than that,” says Ian Whittell, an English freelance journalist and longtime friend of Nurse’s.
‘What If It Does Work?’ Nick Nurse Could Be the Key to Toronto’s Reset
