Nick Nurse is a coach who loves options, because they challenge his creativity and innovative mind, and you can be sure he’s itching to see what he might concoct with a new group of Raptors.
While the core hasn’t changed — Kyle Lowry, Fred VanVleet, OG Anunoby, Pascal Siakam and Norm Powell are the mainstays and they haven’t gone anywhere — Nurse should have myriad possibilities to play around with when training camp opens next week.
The moves made on the weekend by president Masai Ujiri and general manager Bobby Webster did not dramatically alter the makeup of the roster, but they did bring in some players to perhaps plug into different roles when things get serious starting Dec.