Nurse Intro Presser Thread (UPDATE: Stream link/2:30 PM EST)

[WeTheNorth123]

Nurse is a bit more open on radio

He just said outright his philosophy is different from Casey

Casey is more half court....he is more 3 point free flow and open to playing more players and more modern

[LBJKB24MJ23]

he preached about a culture change the year before after we got swept emphasizing on success in the playoffs as their next goal and the next year it fell flat on our face again

He's the leader of course its on him

and they did, but we obviously watched a different team on the court during the playoffs.

"he's the leader" bull BUAHAHA gtfo. his leadership only extends so far - but when the players themselves forget how to play on the court, Masai can't do anything.

So basically if I'm a boss, and my team can't achieve the goal we set to achieve at the start of the year, its not my fault because leaders shouldn't be held accountable?

His job is to put the best roster possible to win. He kept repeating the same thing with a few minor tweaks but relatively the same team for years now. He should know how they would perform in the playoffs this year wasn't a one time thing.

It's on him

okay buddy. I'm pretty sure everyone was singing a different praise before the playoffs - saying these Cavs were beatable and had nothing to worry about. hindsight is 20-20.

I don't even know why you're a fan of this team. This is in fact the best Raptors team ever and you said you're heavily invested in this team. so i don't know where you're coming from this negativity but if this is the the case - you've been angry since the day you've been a fan LMAO. only anger mgmt can help you now.

[And1Skip]

"I can see a lot more in DeMar". wow that was telling.

[WeTheNorth123]

Sounds like he will hold players accountable....seems to like the young guys (from the radio interview)

[nabbs]

https://www.raptorsrepublic.com/2018/06/14/nick-nurse-introductory-press-conference-notes-quotes/


Followup stuff that was not in the press conference:

On implementing innovation:

I think if you’re going to be a little bit innovative or risk taking sometimes you’re going to be wrong and it’s going to look bad. I understand that…I’m not saying it’s a hundred things a game but there are some things, some ideas that I have that I want to try and do and we gotta try them. If they don’t work, I’ll stand in front of you guys, take the heat. I’ve already talked to some players about being more open-minded about things we want to do and we’ll go from there.

On Kyle Lowry:

First of all I love him. I’ve never seen a guy compete the way he competes. There is a lot to love about the way he plays and what he’s brought us all, me, the organization, the team. I’ve had guys similar to him in my coaching past. I thought he had a really good year, he shaved his minutes way down, we saved him about 12 games, just by saving the four or five minutes a game. He had a good playoff run, he shot the ball well. I just met with him two nights ago and I think he’s excited to have a better year. Now that he’s got a grasp of his offense a little more now – I know that sounds a little funny – but we changed a lot, offensively, last year, but I’m going to put the ball in his stomach a little bit more and have him run the offense. I look forward to him. I think he’s an unbelievably competitive time and a helluva player.

On Jonas Valanciunas:

I think he had a good year last year. The biggest key for me is that you’ve got to put these guys in positions where they can be successful. And I think we’ve learned a lot more about Jonas and what he can do and not try to expect him to do things he can’t. We’ve either (got to) work on the things he can’t do a lot more, or we’ve just got to build our schemes around doing what he can do really well. And I’m looking forward to this. I’ve got some defensive schemes in my mind that aren’t quite ready to be talked about, but along the lines of that…That’s the biggest thing for him. I think his offense is going to continue to expand. We started in about three years ago when I first went to Lithuania to start working him out. I didn’t do any post moves for like two weeks. I went over there, we were running the floor, bringing the ball up the floor, driving to the basket, doing all these things. And shooting threes. I think we got him handling the ball more this year. He had more fun. I think his knowledge of the game increased a lot more incrementally then it had in years past because he just wasn’t involved. I don’t know. You guys know I like him. He’s out there working every night. He truly, truly cares. Truly, truly wants to win. And he keeps getting a little better.

On Norman Powell:

Well, he first of all needs to get a little bit back in the fold and we’re doing this now with what we’re doing offensively. It was a bit of a player development issue. And I told Masai and those guys in the interviews that I take responsibility a little bit for this because a lot of times I saw him sitting outside working kind of on his own game and then the second unit was over there working as a unit together and they all of a sudden developed a rhythm. It wasn’t that Norm wasn’t working hard because he’s a super hard worker, he’s always one of the first guys in there, does all his work. But that group kind of melded together because of all the rhythm they developed. We’ve got him into that thing and he understands that now. Certainly I’d like him to get a little dirtier, as far as getting on the floor and taking charges, just being a little bit more of a factor defensively because he’s strong and athletic and you’ve got to use that strength and athleticism at the defensive end.

On late-game strategy:

It’s a really super-important part of the game. There’s so many close games that it’s one of the first things that was the biggest difference for me when I came back from Europe to go into the G League – all of a sudden every game seemed close. And after a year in the G League my assistant at the time, we spent the whole summer going through every scenario and pulling film and doing all this stuff, and putting the answers in, what we thought were the right answers. They were our answers, so they were right. And that’s one of the things I tried to sell, is that we may not run the right play. We may not call the right guy’s number, but we’re going to leave that huddle on the same page. And that, to me, is the most important thing. It gives them some confidence, etcetera. It’s the most important thing. It’s very difficult. It’s also very fun. It’s fun to try and X and O at the end of a late game, and you’ve got to approach it that way.

Highlighted the key parts..... Val hive should be happy, the part about Norm makes sense but I still think he needs to go if the right moves comes around and I agree with the late-game strategy bit

[chimpston17]

I don't have an exact transcript but from his interview with McCowan on Primetime he was asked about LeBron's free agency and his thoughts on him coming to Toronto, when he started to tell where the question was going his face turned a bit red and started drinking water and smiling. Said something like Toronto would be a great destination for any free agent with a smile on his face. Seems like they at least plan to try

[nabbs]

Any other interviews I can watch/listen to? If anyone wants to transcribe them as well that would be great

[MavCarter]

I don't have an exact transcript but from his interview with McCowan on Primetime he was asked about LeBron's free agency and his thoughts on coming to Toronto, when he started to tell where the question was going his face turned a bit red and started drinking water and smiling. Said something like Toronto would be a great destination for any free agent with a smile on his face. Seems like they at least plan to try

Lmao it seemed like he was smiling at mcowans dumb question to me. For some reason mcowan has been beating this lebron to toronto horse for years

[WeTheNorth123]

Interesting quote from nick

during the interview Nick Nurse was asked by Massai how he would feel if on "draft night we traded player X......."

i mean i wouldnt put much weight but its good too see that massai is thinking about it

[VinBaker6]

"I can see a lot more in DeMar". wow that was telling.

Where are you guys hearing this

[WeTheNorth123]

"I can see a lot more in DeMar". wow that was telling.

Where are you guys hearing this

Probably the Fan590....i heard it too but i cant remember which interview he said that in

He seems to be praising Lowry a lot....not talking to much about Derozan!

[And1Skip]

"I can see a lot more in DeMar". wow that was telling.

Where are you guys hearing this

He was on the Fan 590 in studio at 5pm with bob Mccowan. I’m sure the link will be avail later

[WeTheNorth123]

Watch on YouTube

[And1Skip]

I don't have an exact transcript but from his interview with McCowan on Primetime he was asked about LeBron's free agency and his thoughts on coming to Toronto, when he started to tell where the question was going his face turned a bit red and started drinking water and smiling. Said something like Toronto would be a great destination for any free agent with a smile on his face. Seems like they at least plan to try

Lmao it seemed like he was smiling at mcowans dumb question to me. For some reason mcowan has been beating this lebron to toronto horse for years

I think it’s because Mcowan is from Ohio as well and he made the move long time ago but ya he’s out of his mind. The only other thing with Nurse though is that he did way in another article he had great discussions with Lebron when he was coaching his all star team. Doesn’t mean anything of course. You’d only hope that Lebron is impressed by Nurse’s basketball iq

[RAPBOSS]

After a totally underwhelming press conference this media scrum you get more a feel of what Nurse may be about.

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Watch on YouTube

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Staring to warm to Nurse and finally the post game interview may be worth a listen after years of Casey's clichés. Liked what he said about Lowry, JV and Norm. Refreshing to hear him talk about JV being an asset to exploit rather than Casey's continual disdain and aversion.

[Mr.Raptorsingh]

"I can see a lot more in DeMar". wow that was telling.

Was this Masai who said that?

[And1Skip]

"I can see a lot more in DeMar". wow that was telling.

Was this Masai who said that?

No Nurse said it on his sit in with Bob Mccowan

[alienchild]

"I can see a lot more in DeMar". wow that was telling.

Was this Masai who said that?

It was Nurse on Prime Time Sports.

It was basically a throw away line after he said he had met with Lowry this week and listed a lot of how he would be used going forward and important he would be. The he said he would be in LA very soon to meet with Demar. His comment about Demar did'nt come across as all that positive.

[Lateral Quicks]

Just watched the presser, and got the distinct impression he and Casey were definitely not on the same page. He didn't even thank Casey in his introductory remarks - only when a reporter asked him a question about Casey did he say his name. Perhaps there's not a lot of love lost there.

He said a lot of things that are music to my ears (stop throwing JV under the bus, etc.), so I'm growing cautiously optimistic.

[Mr.Raptorsingh]

"I can see a lot more in DeMar". wow that was telling.

Was this Masai who said that?

It was Nurse on Prime Time Sports.

It was basically a throw away line after he said he had met with Lowry this week and listed a lot of how he would be used going forward and important he would be. The he said he would be in LA very soon to meet with Demar. His comment about Demar did'nt come across as all that positive.

Yeah, DeMar doesn't seem to fit that type of offence (or defence) that Nurse is describing.