The man with the blue velvet suit has done it. In his first stint as Toronto Raptors head coach, Nick Nurse has been named the Eastern Conference Coach of the Month for games played in October and November.
The honour puts Nurse in the company of Dwane Casey, Sam Mitchell and Lenny Wilkens as the only Raptors coaches to earn the monthly honour from the league. He’s also the first rookie NBA head coach to earn the honour since Luke Walton did so as interim head coach of the Warriors in November 2015.