Nick Nurse spent almost three decades paying his coaching dues, toiling with teams in Britain, Italy and Belgium, college basketball and the G League. Nurse has agreed to become the next coach of the Toronto Raptors, a person with direct knowledge of the hire told The Associated Press on Tuesday (Wednesday Manila time). Nurse will be replacing his former boss, Dwane Casey — under whom he spent the past five seasons as a Raptors assistant. Casey was fired after the Raptors were swept out of the second round of this year's playoffs by Cleveland. https://sja.sportradar.com/w/Philstar Global/3433-43374/303100"I've learned a lot about preparation from him, the seriousness of attention to detail," Nurse told Canada's Sportsnet in February.

Source: Philippine Star June 13, 2018 02:15 UTC