Raptors Name Nick Nurse Head Coach

The Toronto Raptors announced Thursday they have named Nick Nurse as the team\u02bcs new head coach. Per team policy terms of the deal were not released. Nurse becomes the ninth head coach in franchise history after spending the past five seasons as an assistant coach with the Raptors along with successful coaching tenures in the NBA G League and overseas.

“Nick is an innovative coach who has a tremendous basketball IQ, and a unique approach to the x\u02bcs and o\u02bcs. We\u02bcve valued his creativity and dedication as he focused on making our offense one of the best in the NBA, and we believe that he will bring those qualities to his new role as head coach,” team president Masai Ujiri…