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Raptors’ Nurse tunes out noise in pursuit of ultimate goal

Nick Nurse cares not for your quizzical looks or social-media chatter or any other nitpicking that accompanies his decisions and style or playing rotations.

Almost finished a first full regular season as an NBA head coach, Nurse has grown more confident with himself, his long-range look at a long regular season and how he’s approached the job.

The Raptorsu2019 season has been relatively calm, in part because head coach Nick Nurse always seems calm, Doug Smith writes.
The Raptors’ season has been relatively calm, in part because head coach Nick Nurse always seems calm, Doug Smith writes.

The Raptors coach hears the noise and pays no attention to it; his self-confidence never wavers.