In addition to interviewing with the Sixers, Nick Nurse is expected to meet with the Bucks and Suns to discuss their head coaching positions, reports Shams Charania of The Athletic.
According to Charania, Nurse is expected to be in “high demand” this spring and could end up having one more than one job offer to choose from.
There are currently five NBA teams with head coaching openings. Besides Philadelphia, Milwaukee, and Phoenix, the Raptors and Pistons are in the market for coaches. But Toronto just parted ways with Nurse and Detroit is believed to be in the final stages of its search.
Nurse won a championship in 2019 with the Raptors and was named the NBA’s Coach of the Year in 2020, earning praise for his creative defensive schemes. Across five seasons, Nurse had a 227-163 (.582) regular season record and a 25-16 (.610) playoff mark as Toronto’s head coach.
As our head coaching search tracker shows, the Bucks are conducting a wide-ranging search as they seek a replacement for Mike Budenholzer — reports have indicated that they’ve interviewed or will interview at least 13 candidates. Nurse is the fifth candidate said to be meeting with Phoenix.
To me the more interesting story is who he won’t meet with…
I’d wager a bet he’s not going to interview with Toronto
Probably won’t meet with the teams not listed here. Just a hunch as they all currently have HCs
The Suns?
Yeah right!
No way Nurse is hired in Phoenix.
I’d wager $1,000 on it
Care to give any reasoning behind that bet, or nah?
Nurse is a good coach, definitely has been in the top 10 the past few years ……. he just whines and complains way, way too much.
I see him taking the bucks job, he likes long athletic teams