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Raptors coach Nick Nurse laments lack of bench depth: ‘They’ve got to be players’

The Raptors needs are pretty simple when coach Nick Nurse breaks it right down.

Get more good players.

It doesn’t mean a drastic chance to the style of play, it doesn’t mean any big turnover among the team’s top players.

It means the need for more talent to compete in this era of the NBA.

“The more quality players you have the better chance you’re going to have to win,” Nurse said Monday in his season wrap-up chat with reporters.

“There’s COVID that knocks a bunch of guys out and ever-prevalent injuries seem to be way more frequent than I can remember, not just us but around the league.