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Things got awkward between reporters and Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse Thursday at the Raptors season-ending media availability.
Nurse was asked if in-season speculation about his future as Raptors coach, including comments from Nurse himself before the season had concluded, had impacted the team in any way.
“The speculation of whether I was going to be back or not that started, I have no idea where that comes from or what I was supposed to do about that,” he said. “I needed to try to get the team or any of the players focused back on the job at hand and try to not have to answer that question every game.
“It started coming one after another after another and I was trying to put it to bed so we could focus on the season.”
Speculation about Nurse’s future came to a head on March 31 in Philadelphia when he said in a post-game conference that he would have to think about his future in the off-season. Three days later in Charlotte, Nurse was asked by a reporter about those comments and he gave a terse reply, insisting on only focusing on this season.
Media reports have dogged Nurse for weeks, suggesting that a rift had formed between him and team president Masai Ujiri and that with the coach’s contract expiring next season he could be fired or he would quit.
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Nurse was asked if in-season speculation about his future as Raptors coach, including comments from Nurse himself before the season had concluded, had impacted the team in any way.
“The speculation of whether I was going to be back or not that started, I have no idea where that comes from or what I was supposed to do about that,” he said. “I needed to try to get the team or any of the players focused back on the job at hand and try to not have to answer that question every game.
“It started coming one after another after another and I was trying to put it to bed so we could focus on the season.”
Speculation about Nurse’s future came to a head on March 31 in Philadelphia when he said in a post-game conference that he would have to think about his future in the off-season. Three days later in Charlotte, Nurse was asked by a reporter about those comments and he gave a terse reply, insisting on only focusing on this season.
Media reports have dogged Nurse for weeks, suggesting that a rift had formed between him and team president Masai Ujiri and that with the coach’s contract expiring next season he could be fired or he would quit.
For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/9621008/raptors-head-coach-nick-nurse-i-love-it-here/
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