In these virus-stricken times, with rosters riddled with 10-day contracts, what is a coach to do? Well, if you’re Nick Nurse, you do what you are known to do best: shamble a group of strangers together and win a championship. That’s what he did in the G-League, and then again in the NBA.
But what we’re seeing now is as confusing a situation as we’ve seen since the NBA returned via the bubble — games are being postponed with little-to-no consistency in which are chosen. The Toronto Raptors now have ten players in HSP — three more were added Christmas day (happy holidays!