Former Raptors head coach Nick Nurse is considering his options after reportedly taking his name out of the Bucks’ coaching search, writes Keith Pompey of The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Nurse had interviews this week with the Sixers and Suns, and sources tell Pompey that he’s reviewing the jobs to determine which would be the best fit. A source refused to confirm to Pompey that Philadelphia has made a formal offer.
Pompey points out that Nurse has a long-time working relationship with Sixers president of basketball operations Daryl Morey, whom he worked with in Houston as head coach of the Rockets’ G League affiliate. Nurse built a reputation for developing talent during that time, winning two G League titles and sending 23 players to the NBA, Pompey adds.
Here’s more from around the basketball world:
- Before announcing his retirement this week, Carmelo Anthony received interest from a “high-level” European team, Marc Stein writes in a Substack column. However, Anthony decided he didn’t want to play in another league after spending 19 years in the NBA.
- Nine teams finished the season in tax territory, Eric Pincus notes in his updated luxury tax tracker on Sports Business Classroom. The Clippers had the highest team salary at $191,189,228 and will be assessed a $140,302,811 tax bill, per Pincus’ projections. The largest tax payment is $163,153,075 for the Warriors, who had $188,371,492 in salary. The Celtics, Nets, Mavericks, Nuggets, Lakers, Bucks and Suns are the other taxpaying teams. The other 21 franchises will receive about $15MM each through the tax, Pincus tweets.
- NBA fans are anticipating an active summer trade market, but it could be limited by teams that have reduced their options due to past moves, according to John Hollinger of The Athletic. Hollinger notes that nine teams already owe unprotected future first-round picks, and others have lightly protected first-rounders on the move. Some executives at the draft combine suggested to Hollinger that front offices may become less likely to give up multiple first-rounders in the future, even when star players become available. Hollinger identifies the Hawks, Nets, Mavericks, Warriors, Clippers, Heat, Bucks, Timberwolves and Suns as teams that could be considered “stuck.”
All those tax teams made the playoffs except Mavs. Very interesting…
Lil dip my man, often times it is tasteful not to open thy mouth and keep ya thoughts to thyself
Lol this is a sports talk message board. Lighten up
@suffer – what’s wrong with what was posted? It’s an insight.
it’s more fact that insight, tbh
Sit down bruh
I only think he took his name out because he knew he wasn’t going to get the bucks job and didn’t want to look bad losing out to his assistant.
Cheapskate Jerry Reinsdorf is happy to get his Luxury Tax check I bet…
Teams whom are going to have to take a strong look at unprotectecting draft picks if they expect to make any moves this summer.
One of the hidden things about the new CBA is that the draft picks teams have bee hoarding far into the future have been rendered worthless.
They have full value now. They will be worth only half of what they were when the season starts and worthless when the new cba kicks in.
With a 90 percent of salary cap floor having to be met, the taking away of patching exceptions to pay someone and removal of invisible monies hidden in the partial deals, teams will only be able to build 1 to 2 years into the future at best.
The ability to stack monies in order to participate in the fantasy trade machine is gone.
A much greater emphasis on player scouting, development as well as much better “team development” are now the order of the day.
Lol no. With the more punitive restr to tax teams, draft picks are even more impprtant in sustaining a team. Daft
MN is screwed. Poorly ran team since day 1.
But Taylors reign has been the most ridiculous.
NO one in the word would trade Walker Kessler straight up for Gobert and the idiot Wolves added a couple role players and a crap load of picks,,,,,,Even worse then the unreal Joe Smyth fiasco years back that cost them multiple #1 picks over JOE FRICKIN SMITH…………