The clock may be ticking on the current NBA season, but Nick Nurse isn’t feeling the time crunch.
“It doesn’t really feel like the end of the season to me,” the Raptors coach said Tuesday, as Toronto prepared for a mid-week visit from the Brooklyn Nets in Tampa, Fla.
Much has already changed for the Raptors in the final third of the season. A number of familiar names left at the late March trade deadline, including Norman Powell, traded to the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for Gary Trent Jr. and Rodney Hood. Toronto has signed Freddie Gillespie, on back-to-back 10-day contracts, and Khem Birch, after he was waived by the Orlando Magic, as well.