From the moment Dwane Casey was fired after seven years as Raptors coach, Nick Nurse was one of the favourites to be named Casey’s successor. On Thursday, when Nurse was finally introduced as such, 35 days had passed.
“A long month,” Nurse said.
To help bide the time during Raptors president Masai Ujiri’s dance-a-thon with due diligence, Toronto’s head coach in waiting (and waiting) took a trip to England with his son, Noah, an excursion that included a Rolling Stones concert at aptly named Old Trafford.