{"id":38519,"date":"2018-08-04T08:33:55","date_gmt":"2018-08-04T13:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mensbasketballhoopscoop.com\/?p=38519"},"modified":"2018-08-04T08:37:26","modified_gmt":"2018-08-04T13:37:26","slug":"nick-nurse-new-toronto-raptors-head-coach-by-chris-filios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mensbasketballhoopscoop.com\/nick-nurse-new-toronto-raptors-head-coach-by-chris-filios\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Nurse: New Toronto Raptors Head Coach by Chris Filios"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nick Nurse has been tabbed by the Toronto Raptors, replacing the fired Dwayne Casey. The move to fire Casey comes as a bit of a surprise after a franchise record-setting 59 regular season wins, having the 2nd best record in the NBA, securing the #1 seed in the Eastern Conference, and Casey winning NBA coach of the year (which he won after getting fired). However, a third straight exit from the playoffs at the hands of the Cleveland Cavs ultimately forced Masai Ujiri to make a change.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/app.box.com\/s\/ri14z3ohxem3flw061ti4sh69f1fvefs\">Click here to download&nbsp; the basketball plays from the Toronto Raptors Head Coach<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/app.box.com\/embed\/s\/ri14z3ohxem3flw061ti4sh69f1fvefs\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n<p>What might be more shocking than the removal of Dwane Casey was whom Toronto ended up choosing to fill his shoes. Despite indicating a major change needed to be made, Toronto stayed in house and hired assistant coach Nick Nurse. <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nurse spent the past 5 seasons working under Casey. Now he is tabbed with figuring out to take Toronto to the next tier- winning the east. <g class=\"gr_ gr_6 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar only-ins doubleReplace replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"6\" data-gr-id=\"6\">Nurse<\/g> will get to do it with a roster filled with talent, including newly acquired <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mensbasketballhoopscoop.com\/kawhi-leonard-basketball-scoring-workout-tim-springer\/\">Kawhi Leonard<\/a>. This will be his first big test as <g class=\"gr_ gr_7 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar only-ins doubleReplace replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"7\" data-gr-id=\"7\">coach<\/g>, getting Kawhi to buy into coming to Toronto and playing at the elite level he has shown in San Antonio. <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Nick Nurse Coaching Career:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-Head Coach at Grand Valley University at age of 23 (1991-1993)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-11 seasons in Europe, mostly in British Basketball League (1995-2006)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-6 seasons in the D-League<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-Last 5 years as Toronto Raptors assistant coach <br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As <g class=\"gr_ gr_7 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar only-ins doubleReplace replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"7\" data-gr-id=\"7\">assistant<\/g> coach, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.championshipproductions.com\/cgi-bin\/champ\/p\/Basketball\/Dynamic-Shooting-Drills-and-End-Game-Strategies_BD-03323.html?mv_source=CP00146\">Nurse<\/a> <g class=\"gr_ gr_8 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar multiReplace\" id=\"8\" data-gr-id=\"8\">is credited<\/g> with much of the offense changes and success that the team had this past year. One of the ways he helped facilitate the changes was his creation of unique summer pick-up game rules. Instead of using normal scoring, the games used unconventional scoring methods where made corner 3\u2019s are worth 4 points and midrange 2\u2019s were worth -1. These changes worked last year as Toronto ranked:<br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-3rd in NBA in 3-point attempts per game<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-3rd in NBA in offensive rating<br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, I wrote an article about open gym scrimmage rules:<br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-mens-basketball-hoopscoop\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ORLCcRCsav\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mensbasketballhoopscoop.com\/open-gym-basketball-rules\/\">What does your open gym basketball rules look like?  by Chris Filios<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mensbasketballhoopscoop.com\/open-gym-basketball-rules\/embed\/#?secret=ORLCcRCsav\" data-secret=\"ORLCcRCsav\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;What does your open gym basketball rules look like?  by Chris Filios&#8221; &#8212; Mens Basketball Hoopscoop\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There are tons of unique ways to achieve certain objectives. Nurse took a look at shot values per possession and tailored the rules to favor the shots that help win games: corner 3\u2019s, any other 3, and lay-ups.<br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While it is not Nick Nurse\u2019s first head coaching job, far from it in fact, it will be his first time in the boss\u2019 chair in the NBA. There will be a lot of pressure on both him and GM Ujiri this coming season. It will be interesting to see how things go in Toronto. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nick Nurse has been tabbed by the Toronto Raptors, replacing the fired Dwayne Casey. 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