3 finalists reportedly emerge for Raptors head coaching job

Despite the fact that the Toronto Raptors were among the first teams to fire their head coach this season, only they and the Phoenix Suns remain with a vacancy. The Raptors have taken a wide-open approach to their coaching situation, and they have been moving along at a glacial pace.

The Raptors reportedly were snooping around Monty Williams’ camp before the Detroit Pistons gave him a frankly eye-watering amount of money to be their next head coach. Anyone eyeing him to come in and change the culture was dealt a swift kick in the teeth by this deal.

Toronto’s search has taken them to all sorts of weird places. While names like Williams and Kenny Atkinson were considered, so were Steve Nash…