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Post by NickRiders on Jun 12, 2018 15:22:08 GMT
He's come a long way from his time in the BBL
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2018 15:51:05 GMT
You (may have) read it here first daveballblog.wordpress.com/2018/06/01/nurse-in-the-nba/It's a massive step up for him, and it'll be interesting to see if he can achieve what (eastern conf regular season champ) Dwane Casey couldn't - maybe LeBron will help him and go west. I think his BBL legacy will always be tainted by the demise of Bears, but good luck to him |
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Post by 2NFR on Jun 12, 2018 15:55:09 GMT
Good luck indeed As a Rap's and BBL fan ... I like it ... I like it alot  Casey to Pistons ...  Hmmm!! |
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Post by interestedridersfan on Jun 12, 2018 17:16:49 GMT
What did he do in BBL?
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Post by isthaturinal on Jun 12, 2018 18:20:11 GMT
He signed Dennis Rodman to Brighton Bears.......no honest he did, but it went downhill fast after that But before that he was one superb coach at numerous clubs bringing in lots of Silverware. |
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Post by interestedridersfan on Jun 12, 2018 18:27:47 GMT
Good for him
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Post by jimw on Jun 12, 2018 19:26:11 GMT
Long memories of going up against Nurse teams in the BBL - but a reasonable fella in the bar afterwards. Good for him. Follwoig Toronto a bit more careully next season then.
As for Casey to Detroit - a bit quicker than I thought (he seemed well on the road to at least a season of punditry, after what I thought were good appearances on The Jump and PTI) and it could be worse, it could be the Knicks. Well played for getting back on the horse.
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Post by Colicab85 on Jun 12, 2018 19:32:03 GMT
Finch needs to get a job now. About time. He was always a better coach than Nurse imo but of course I’m biased.
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Post by samgray on Jun 12, 2018 20:14:22 GMT
He had one this year... didn’t exactly excel. (Got my pruntys and finch’s muddled up- dope!)
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Post by baldeagle on Jun 12, 2018 21:14:53 GMT
Great to see ex-BBL coaches doing well at the highest level. I wonder who he’ll recruit.
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Post by SamH on Jun 12, 2018 21:18:38 GMT
A lot of fans are disappointed as they fired Casey only to hire from within but I have a feeling Nick was a big part of why that team has been top 8 the last few years. He also knows how to win, at least at lower levels. Casey never won any championships. Will be very interesting to see how this goes. Whatever you think of him from his BBL days you have to respect that he's the first to progress to the very top coaching level from it.
For a while I knew him quite well, he even came along to the weekly scrimmage session a few of us used to run on Sundays in Littlehampton once so I wish him well. Now he's a NBA head coach, it's some achievement.
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Post by therock on Jun 12, 2018 22:10:49 GMT
Congrats to Nick - a lot of older BBL fans just got a new NBA team to follow
Makes me nostalgic for the late 90s BBL - it may have been unsustainable but it sure was fun
What's the chances of Chris Finch making the final step up too? Seeing them face each other as NBA head coaches would be surreal
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Post by SamH on Jun 12, 2018 23:58:18 GMT
I heard Finch was supposed to be in line to take over from Kevin McHale in Houston 2 or 3 years back, but it didn't happen and they went with JB Bickerstaff instead, who didn't last. Finch was in New Orleans last season but I don't know how long his contract with them is. I don't see his name being mentioned as a potential head coach anywhere, whereas Nurse was linked with Orlando and 1 or 2 others as well as the Raptors so it's not a huge surprise to see him get the gig. TBH there's more security as an assistant, head coaches are fired like it's November 5th in the NBA (look at Casey, the irony with him is he might yet win coach of the year!) Although once you've had head coaching experience you're more or less guaranteed a job of some sort on an NBA team forever more so Nurse is pretty well set now.
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Post by Solly on Jun 13, 2018 6:47:01 GMT
Quite a journey indeed.
Derby Rams (or it might have been the Derby 'Cathedral Embroidery' Bucks) as a player and player-coach
Birmingham Bullets
Manchester Giants
Brighton Bears
Am not sure if he was firstly a player at Derby and then player-coach afterwards but can recollect him as quite an irritating, always whining, backing-into-you point guard.
At Birmingham he had the luxury of big spends.
Pretty much able to do the same in Manchester - you want the player, here's the money. Can recollect one match where he and all the players entered the Nynex Arena on the backs of Harley Davidsons!
Had more big talent at Brighton - Randy Duck of course, Wilbur someone (Davis?). Before he went there they were dire - it may have all ended badly, but were some great times while it lasted.
Is it telling that Raptors took so long to appoint him - must have been nearly a month since Casey was fired before he got the call - maybe he was not first, or even second, choice...
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Post by MacSporran on Jun 13, 2018 8:18:17 GMT
Had more big talent at Brighton - Randy Duck of course, Wilbur someone (Davis?). Before he went there they were dire - it may have all ended badly, but were some great times while it lasted. That would be Wilbur Johnson and Sterling Davis I think you are alluding to.... |
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Post by SamH on Jun 13, 2018 13:11:03 GMT
Didn't he have a spell at London Towers as well or have I dreamt that? Solly you might not have realised Nurse also won 2 championships in the D-League (NBA feeder league) which was the catalyst for getting called up to an NBA roster. You just seem to be implying he's only been successful because he was on teams that spent money, but I think it takes a bit more than that to make NBA head coach!
As for whether he was first choice or not, who knows - there's not been anything in the media about candidates withdrawing their interest (which has happened in Phoenix and New york) I know the Raptors were considering Jerry Stackhouse and 1 or 2 others, it would be normal to look at and interview a few people. Given his name was touted as a candidate from the day Casey was fired, and Orlando were very interested in him as well I think its fair to say he's not a last resort choice. Let's see what he can do now!
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Post by Solly on Jun 13, 2018 15:36:18 GMT
Yes, London Towers too - another example of a moneybags setup
Agree that the D League stuff was an achievement, but then again how many teams were there and perhaps his rosters were not being depleted by NBA callups as much as other sides.
My point about the extreme time between Casey out and Nurse in has to be significant - look how quickly guys like Fizdale were snapped up.
Anyway fair dos to Nurse, sort of similar to Sean Payton - many moons ago I watched him quarterback Leicester Panthers in the Bud League and a few years later he's helming Saints to the Superbowl. Not that I can see Nurse even getting Raptors to Eastern Conference Champs, never mind avoiding a Warriors sweep.
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Post by NickRiders on Jun 13, 2018 18:21:36 GMT
nurse will sign a 3.5 million per year deal for 3 years..
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2018 18:32:06 GMT
I wonder if those Bears fans will get their cash back
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Post by 2NFR on Jun 13, 2018 19:03:24 GMT
I wonder if those Bears fans will get their cash back Nah, he needs that money to sign Dennis Rodman ... Hmmm! ... Kim Jong Un at a Rap's game. Now, I would definitely pay to see that !! |
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Post by interestedridersfan on Jun 13, 2018 19:11:14 GMT
nurse will sign a 3.5 million per year deal for 3 years.. Dollars or pounds? It actually makes a big difference! |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2018 19:45:49 GMT
$ why would they quote in sterling?
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Post by sharkball on Jun 13, 2018 19:57:06 GMT
Incredible that Nurse is now an NBA head coach. Chris Finch cannot be far behind. Great credit to both of them. Come a long way since those BBL days...recall them going up against each other in those great Sharks v Giants battles.
Some amazing players and rivalry. When I say the standard has dropped off you only have to look at those teams
Sharks - Travis Conlan, Terrell Myers, Matt Gaudio/Pete Scants, Will Johnson, Todd Cauthorn Bench Iain McKinney, Richard Windle, Mike Payne
Giants - John White, Tony Holley, Tony Dorsey, Makeba Perry, Ronnie Baker, Bench Kevin St Kitts etc
The nip and tuck battle for the title that year was somehting else. Finch was always wathcing the Giants games scouting and Nurse vice versa. He used to sit in the upper tier of the Sheffield Arena for games in a baseball cap trying tok be disguised!
Then recall more Nurse v Finch battles a few years later when he was in Brighton - recall us beating the Bears to win the league as Lynard blocked a shot at the buzzer to preserve a 2 point lead at a packed Ponds Forge - there were people standing all over the place; behind the baskets and at the top of the stand. Then a court invasion on the win!
Sharks - Rob Yanders, Nate Reinking, Jerry Williams, Justin Phoenix, Lynard Stewart. Bench Scants, Mckinney, Payne, Bridge
Bears - Randy Duck, Ralph Blalock, Sterling Davis, Rico Alderson Wilbur Johnson; Bench Michael Brown etc
Incredible teams really.
Used to hate Nurse in all those rivalries - he was an arrogant so and so and smug with it but admired him as a coach even if he did seem to have biggest budget wherever he went. Finch's team always relied mainly on British talent and US players out of college (some stayed albeit) where as Nurse used to just sign players from the other teams - best of BBL players. The squad he got at Manchester was basically all the players signed away from all the other teams and was hard to see how they afforded it - well they did not as they went bust a few years later. So sweet when we used to beat Nurse's teams.
Remember us beating another fairly decent Brighton team by about 40 in a one off play off game at Ponds Forge and Nurse getting ejected.
Do not seem to have rivalry anymore like this. Miss characters like Finch, Nurse, Donewald etc
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Post by massiveridersfan on Jun 13, 2018 22:21:49 GMT
Incredible that Nurse is now an NBA head coach. Chris Finch cannot be far behind. Great credit to both of them. Come a long way since those BBL days...recall them going up against each other in those great Sharks v Giants battles. Some amazing players and rivalry. When I say the standard has dropped off you only have to look at those teams Sharks - Travis Conlan, Terrell Myers, Matt Gaudio/Pete Scants, Will Johnson, Todd Cauthorn Bench Iain McKinney, Richard Windle, Mike Payne Giants - John White, Tony Holley, Tony Dorsey, Makeba Perry, Ronnie Baker, Bench Kevin St Kitts etc The nip and tuck battle for the title that year was somehting else. Finch was always wathcing the Giants games scouting and Nurse vice versa. He used to sit in the upper tier of the Sheffield Arena for games in a baseball cap trying tok be disguised! Then recall more Nurse v Finch battles a few years later when he was in Brighton - recall us beating the Bears to win the league as Lynard blocked a shot at the buzzer to preserve a 2 point lead at a packed Ponds Forge - there were people standing all over the place; behind the baskets and at the top of the stand. Then a court invasion on the win! Sharks - Rob Yanders, Nate Reinking, Jerry Williams, Justin Phoenix, Lynard Stewart. Bench Scants, Mckinney, Payne, Bridge Bears - Randy Duck, Ralph Blalock, Sterling Davis, Rico Alderson Wilbur Johnson; Bench Michael Brown etc Incredible teams really. Used to hate Nurse in all those rivalries - he was an arrogant so and so and smug with it but admired him as a coach even if he did seem to have biggest budget wherever he went. Finch's team always relied mainly on British talent and US players out of college (some stayed albeit) where as Nurse used to just sign players from the other teams - best of BBL players. The squad he got at Manchester was basically all the players signed away from all the other teams and was hard to see how they afforded it - well they did not as they went bust a few years later. So sweet when we used to beat Nurse's teams. Remember us beating another fairly decent Brighton team by about 40 in a one off play off game at Ponds Forge and Nurse getting ejected. Do not seem to have rivalry anymore like this. Miss characters like Finch, Nurse, Donewald etc Think Rob Paternostro gives Donewald a run for his money. |
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Post by silver on Jun 14, 2018 18:12:57 GMT
Pleased to see Nurse get an NBA coaching job. Bears were my team and whilst he was ultimately responsible for them going bankrupt and out of the league, he also coached them for a few years as one of the top BBL clubs at a time when there was plenty of talent in the league.
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