Perhaps the longest of longshots, Nick Nurse landing in Los Angeles to coach the Lakers this offseason appears to be a possibility already shot down by Nurse himself, at least publicly.
Nurse had been rumored as a target of the Lakers coaching search, one of the very first names linked to the team. But even then, the likelihood of Nurse leaving the Raptors for the Lakers felt slim, and he addressed the rumors head-on during his exit interview on Monday.
Nick Nurse on reports of the Lakers' interest in him: "I don't know where that stuff comes from and I'm focused on coaching this team.