The Toronto Raptors fired head coach Nick Nurse on Friday.
Nurse, 55, led the Raptors to their first-ever NBA championship in 2019.
He spent the past decade with the franchise, including five years as an assistant coach and five as head coach.
Raptors president and vice-chairman Masai Ujiri said the decision to fire Nurse provides a chance to “reset” and “refocus.”
“The decision to make a change like this is never arrived at easily or taken lightly, especially when it comes to a person who has been an integral part of this franchise’s most historic accomplishments, and who has been a steady leader through some of
