It will be the longest short summer of Nick Nurse’s career, jam-packed with critical games and crucial decisions he will be part of and he will have the rapt attention of fans of both the Raptors and the Canadian national team.
It will tax him like he’s never been taxed before and comes on the heels of a difficult, tumultuous NBA season of disappointment and a disjointed existence like he’s never had before.
Bring it on, he says.
“I think that this kind of season puts some fuel in your tank,” the Raptors head coach said Monday.