The Toronto Raptors made a huge shift in their organizational philosophy, abandoning their Nick Nurse-led future via an unceremonious firing in order to tear down their old structure and build something new. However, Nurse was not out of work for very long after shoving his championship ring in Daryl Morey’s face.
Nurse landed a job as the head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers, giving him the task of getting Joel Embiid past the second round of the NBA postseason after three straight seasons of stalling out. The Raptors-76ers rivalry is going to be as strong as ever next season after Nurse defected to Philly.