![]() Almost! It’s still a great story, and one collected in a new book. ![]() He’s a grinder: he coached in England-where he had to call banks for lines of credit-and spurred the creation of a D-League team in Iowa so he could coach it.Ĭoaching the Raptors to an NBA championship, which he did last year, almost feels anticlimactic. Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse, who isn’t part of a coaching tree, belongs to that fraternity. With Hall of Fame point guard Steve Nash set to coach the Brooklyn Nets whenever next season starts, another blow was struck against the career coach: the plucky, smart, not-quite-athletic-enough nomad who slogs his way through iffy motel rooms and interminable bus rides to reach the pinnacle: leading an NBA team.
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