If there is one thing that’s been apparent about Nick Nurse over his nearly three years at the helm of the Raptors it’s that he enjoys the improvisational aspects of being a basketball coach.
He relishes developing game plans and ways to attack and defend opponents, he revels in finding out which matchups his team can exploit every night.
It’s a fun part of the job and it doesn’t really matter all that much whether he’s got a handful of NBA all-stars at his disposal or a disparate gaggle of backups playing out of position and in unfamiliar groups.