Nick Nurse cares not for your quizzical looks or social-media chatter or any other nitpicking that accompanies his decisions and style or playing rotations.
Almost finished a first full regular season as an NBA head coach, Nurse has grown more confident with himself, his long-range look at a long regular season and how he’s approached the job.
The Raptors coach hears the noise and pays no attention to it; his self-confidence never wavers.