Nick Nurse knows full well how unique his position his, how important it is, how it can resonate with so many people at so many levels.
He can reach Raptors fans, his players, his staff and the support workers around him. And like all NBA coaches in these troubled and troubling times, he’s figuring out how best to take advantage of his place in the sporting world.
Now he and his colleagues — all 30 head coaches, countless assistants and former coaches — are devising plans to deliver important messages to society.
Protests raging throughout North America are the impetus behind a decision by the NBA Coaches Association to strike a committee to foster better race relations, to help soothe the divisions ravaging society after the death of George Floyd in a confrontation with a Minneapolis police officer, now charged with murder.