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David Nurse out as Nets shooting coach

David Nurse, who Billy King hired as a shooting coach in February, will not be back with the Nets next season.

Hoopshype broke the news...

One of the worst shooting teams early in the season, the Nets led the NBA in three-point shooting in February-March with Nurse there.

— HoopsHype (@hoopshype) May 21, 2016

Specifically, in the 25 games between the time Nurse was hired and the decision to shut down Brook Lopez and Thaddeus Young, the Nets shot 40.7 percent from deep, tops in the league during that span, and 48.