The best thing about the news that the Toronto Raptors are promoting Brittni Donaldson to an assistant’s role on Nick Nurse’s coaching staff is that her gender isn’t really news.
The Raptors have joined a growing list of NBA teams with women as assistants on their staff but it’s what Donaldson can do and how she has done it in the past that has earned the Iowa native her spot for the 2019-20 season.
“There isn’t a discussion of whether we’re capable or not, we are,” Donaldson said in a telephone conversation Monday. “It’s an exciting time in the sport.