A multi-year contract extension to stay with the Raptors is one of the most orthodox things Nick Nurse has done in his professional career.
This is a guy, after all, who cut his coaching teeth in Great Britain, where he once tried to bring in Dennis Rodman for a short stint to boost his team’s chances and notoriety.
He toiled on small school NAIA staffs in the United States heartland, took his skills to Oostende, Belgium, then further afield in Britain and basically convinced some people to start a D League team in Iowa so he could coach it.