The Toronto Raptors head coach is often immersed in the intricacies of his basketball schemes, but he is equally interested in the details that happen behind the scenes, away from the basketball court.
When training camp kicks off less than a week from today, it will be the first for Nurse as an NBA head coach. With a coaching career spanning more than 20 years, Nurse has waited along time for this moment. After getting promoted in June, he has spent the summer preparing for his first address to his team.
“I got a lot of work to do to get to the first words that’ll come out of my mouth in the first minute of training camp,” Nurse said in a mid-August conversation.