Nick Nurse

The Los Angeles Lakers are rumored to have interest in Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse. That would be one heck of a move.

He also won the NBA’s Coach of the Year award in 2020. So yeah, I would not be surprised to see the Lakers ask about him but more as a favor to Klutch. Maybe they won’t because he is so far out of reach. “But it makes him look better and Klutch look better if they are asking for him, right?

NBA Rumors: The Los Angeles Lakers could target Nick Nurse as a head-coaching candidate this offseason. Can they pull off the unlikely?

And, according to a recent report, one potential target for the Lakers is current Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse. The Los Angeles Lakers are coming off a disappointing season. Of course, this seems more like a pipe dream.

Toronto head coach Nick Nurse was rumoured to have a connection with the LA Lakers, but Raptors fans aren't buying it at all.

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The coaching situation for the Los Angeles Lakers is going to be a topic for major speculation until they finally decide to make a move or stick with Frank.

Nick Nurse is an extremely impressive coach, he has a record of 186-121 since he took over the Raptors and has a championship pedigree, something that is very difficult to find. While the coach is expected to depart, they must find the right candidate to replace him, or they could find themselves back in a similar situation next season. Names like Doc Rivers and Quinn Snyder have been thrown into the mix, despite both coaches having teams that are in the postseason with a lot on the line before any moves can be thought about.

Nick Nurse, the head coach of the Toronto Raptors has emerged as a surprise candidate for the job of head coach at the Los Angeles Lakers.

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The Lakers are reportedly targeting Raptors head coach Nick Nurse as their replacement for Frank Vogel, whom they're letting go after missing the NBA ...

They’re hoping to replace him with the man who won the year prior. Nurse, 54, led the Raptors to the franchise’s first NBA championship in 2018-19, Kawhi Leonard’s lone season in Toronto. Despite losing Kyle Lowry last summer, the Raptors went 48-34 this season and earned the No. 5 seed in the Eastern Conference, with a first-round NBA playoff matchup against the 76ers on the horizon. The Lakers are set to dump the coach who led them to an NBA championship just two seasons ago.

The Lakers finished the season with a 33-49 record, sitting 11th in the Western Conference, and were eliminated from the playoffs on Tuesday night after ...

Jovan Buha Jovan Buha Jovan Buha Over the next several weeks, expect several other candidates to emerge, including Michigan coach Juwan Howard, who interviewed for the opening in 2019. This season, Toronto finished with a 48-34 record, good for fifth in the Eastern Conference and a playoff berth. The Lakers were Vogel's third team as head coach after stints with the Indiana Pacers and Orlando Magic.

Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse is considered to be the top target for the Los Angeles Lakers' head coaching vacancy.

Prior to that, Jason Kidd was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks for two second-round picks from the Brooklyn Nets. Most recently, former Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers for a first-round pick. Nurse, who joined the Raptors in 2018 and immediately led Toronto to its first NBA championship in franchise history, signed a multi-year contract extension in 2020 and, according to Charania, has two years left on his current deal.

The Los Angeles Lakers fired head coach Frank Vogel after a disappointing season and among the team's top targets to replace him is Nick Nurse of the ...

Nurse is in his fourth campaign as Raptors head coach after spending five seasons as an assistant on Dwane Casey’s staff. Nurse signed a multi-year extension with the Raps in 2020 and has two years left on his deal. The Los Angeles Lakers fired head coach Frank Vogel after a disappointing season and among the team’s top targets to replace him is Nick Nurse of the Toronto Raptors, The Athletic’s Shams Charania reports.

Ce n'est sans doute qu'une question d'heures, mais Frank Vogel devrait être viré par les Los Angeles Lakers après la saison apocalyptique des Californiens.

En effet, selon The Athletic, parmi les principales cibles du front office, il y aurait le coach des Raptors Nick Nurse. Il ne sera donc pas simple de l’arracher aux Canadiens, et il faudra mettre en place un trade pour ça s’il souhaite rejoindre la Cité des Anges. On peut imaginer un processus assez long pour remplacer Vogel et choisir le meilleur candidat avec l’aval sans doute de LeBron James et Anthony Davis.