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Nick Nurse A Target For The Lakers: NBA World Reacts

April 11, 2022 by The Spun

raptors head coach nick nurse during game 5

The Los Angeles Lakers are in the market for a new head coach, and a new report says they may target Nick Nurse of the Toronto Raptors.

Of course, if the Lakers could land Nurse, it would be a coup. He’s won 60% of his regular season games in Toronto, made the playoffs three times in four years and won an NBA title in 2019.

Additionally, Nurse is widely-respected from a tactical perspective. He would be a home-run hire for LA, but would Nurse want to leave the stability he has north of the border to step into the chaos in Tinseltown.

That’s what pretty much everyone is wondering right now.

All this talk about the Lakers going after Nick Nurse as it’s new coach is simply open-tampering, since Nurse is still under contract to the @Raptors https://t.co/SfUL05D9Er

— Roger Taylor (@thisrogertaylor) April 11, 2022

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They literally fired a recent NBA championship coach today. https://t.co/MnwCiOUMRJ

— Wildes (@kevinwildes) April 11, 2022

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“Not giving up THT for Kyle Lowry but we’d do it for Nick Nurse” https://t.co/2wtbowxs6b

— Nekias (Nuh-KY-us) Duncan (@NekiasNBA) April 11, 2022

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The Lakers gig has the be the least appealing coaching job out there.

-Best player is 37
-2nd best player can’t stay healthy
– Highest paid player is coming off his worst season and on the decline
-No blue chip young talent
-No picks to trade for good players

AWFUL https://t.co/bd8EzgOZA9

— Jamal Gordon (@JaeGee_) April 11, 2022

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Nick Nurse is a brilliant tactician who has constantly found innovative ways to win.

I really don’t want to watch him try to coach these Lakers. https://t.co/fczSibjfeF

— Half Court Hoops (@HalfCourtHoops) April 11, 2022

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If I’m Nick Nurse, I’m looking at how Vogel got fired, the fact Spo and Lue are the only coaches not fired under Lebron teams, terrible draft capital, a guy making $40m who doesn’t gel well with Bron/AD, and all the games AD/Bron have missed. I’m staying the FUCK away from LA.

— TheSunsCentral (@CentralSuns) April 11, 2022

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Why would Nick Nurse leave a stable situation for the shit show that is the Lakers front office…Maybe he really loves poutine but nobody seriously with a brain would deal with the “brain” trust of Rambii and Pelinka https://t.co/vN5h9Q9MPA

— HNIC: JRA (@ChampsPapa1015) April 11, 2022

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Sounds good but Nick Nurse is a made man in Toronto.

Masai will pay him damn near whatever he wants to keep him in the 6. https://t.co/Ay3gTqHvCR

— Randall Sharp (@RandallSharp15) April 11, 2022

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Rumors aside, Nurse’s focus in the coming days will surely be on his team’s Eastern Conference playoffs first round opponent, the Philadelphia 76ers.

That might be the most intriguing opening round series in the entire league. If the Lakers are truly hoping to poach Nurse, they should be rooting for Philly to win and end Toronto’s season as soon as possible.

The post Nick Nurse A Target For The Lakers: NBA World Reacts appeared first on The Spun.

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