Raptors lose top assistant to Wolves

Metallikid · Post #81 » by **Metallikid** » Mon Feb 22, 2021 4:40 am

OH FFS

will · Post #82 » by **will** » Mon Feb 22, 2021 4:40 am

TorontoRapsFan wrote:Damn. Was liking the way players were moving on offense lately. Hope someone copied his playbook

You damn well know Coach FInch already gave Nicky his floppy discs full of offensive sets.

PAUSE.

Marty_Budda · Post #83 » by **Marty_Budda** » Mon Feb 22, 2021 4:40 am

7 Footer wrote:He went from probably like a 5 figure salary to 7 figures. Easy choice.

no way assistant coaches in the nba make less than 100k. Maybe in the WNBA. But yeah he probably more than quadrupled his salary.

WuTang_CMB · Post #84 » by **WuTang_CMB** » Mon Feb 22, 2021 4:40 am

Wonder if raps bring on jasekevious who nurse interviewed 2 years ago and who masai was high on

Inevitable · Post #85 » by **Inevitable** » Mon Feb 22, 2021 4:41 am

Blacklash2k4 wrote:
ruckus wrote:Good for him. There's only 30 of these jobs on the planet. Sucks that he has to go from Tampa so someplace colder than Toronto.

I don't know what he can do to turn around Minnesota. Was it really Saunders fault that Russell got hurt and that KAT got COVID? They got some decent young pieces but the key word is young. There's barely any veteran leadership on that team.

Hope he does well.

Saunder was a garbage coach. We all bash Nick Nurse at the beginning of the season for being bad. You haven't seen Saunders yet. He was easily second to Boylan last season to being the worst coach in the NBA.

He almost cost them our first matchup by keeping Kat out like halfway thru the 4th. The second game he played a struggling Rubio at the end over McClaughlin who was tearing us up. He was in over his head.

alienchild · Post #86 » by **alienchild** » Mon Feb 22, 2021 4:42 am

Inevitable wrote:
Blacklash2k4 wrote:
ruckus wrote:Good for him. There's only 30 of these jobs on the planet. Sucks that he has to go from Tampa so someplace colder than Toronto.

I don't know what he can do to turn around Minnesota. Was it really Saunders fault that Russell got hurt and that KAT got COVID? They got some decent young pieces but the key word is young. There's barely any veteran leadership on that team.

Hope he does well.

Saunder was a garbage coach. We all bash Nick Nurse at the beginning of the season for being bad. You haven't seen Saunders yet. He was easily second to Boylan last season to being the worst coach in the NBA.

He almost cost them our first matchup by keeping Kat out like halfway thru the 4th. The second game he played a struggling Rubio at the end over McClaughlin who was tearing us up. He was in over his head.

And today they took his head.

Blacklash2k4 · Post #87 » by **Blacklash2k4** » Mon Feb 22, 2021 4:43 am

Inevitable wrote:
Blacklash2k4 wrote:
ruckus wrote:Good for him. There's only 30 of these jobs on the planet. Sucks that he has to go from Tampa so someplace colder than Toronto.

I don't know what he can do to turn around Minnesota. Was it really Saunders fault that Russell got hurt and that KAT got COVID? They got some decent young pieces but the key word is young. There's barely any veteran leadership on that team.

Hope he does well.

Saunder was a garbage coach. We all bash Nick Nurse at the beginning of the season for being bad. You haven't seen Saunders yet. He was easily second to Boylan last season to being the worst coach in the NBA.

He almost cost them our first matchup by keeping Kat out like halfway thru the 4th. The second game he played a struggling Rubio at the end over McClaughlin who was tearing us up. He was in over his head.

He literally only got this job because of his father's name and his relationship with the Wolves. He never should have gotten the head coaching job.

Yeezus_ · Post #88 » by **Yeezus_** » Mon Feb 22, 2021 4:44 am

WuTang_OG wrote:Wonder if raps bring on jasekevious who nurse interviewed 2 years ago and who masai was high on

Wonder whats going to happen, there's a lot of good assistant coaches in the league already who arent lead assistants. It would be nice to poach one of them away from another team, it just seems difficult to do all this mid-season.

arbsn · Post #89 » by **arbsn** » Mon Feb 22, 2021 4:45 am

serious brain drain happening with the raps since we won the chip... crazy to believe we once even had phil handy

gotta take it as a compliment though.. like the 2010s version of the Spurs

Zeno · Post #90 » by **Zeno** » Mon Feb 22, 2021 4:45 am

Usually you don’t get compensation for promotion but maybe because it is mid-season it’s possible. Would only be a 2nd if there were. But I think Raptors just let him go with best wishes.

douggood · Post #91 » by **douggood** » Mon Feb 22, 2021 4:46 am

good on the raptors for not blocking the move, they could have easily played the card that its midseason etc. promoting from within and stuff like this draws more talent to your organization long term.

Dennis 37 · Post #92 » by **Dennis 37** » Mon Feb 22, 2021 4:47 am

I thought it was refreshing to have a Timberwolves fan here temporarily. Someone who has a real reason not to be cheering for the Raptors. I guess when insults are thrown at their team, they are not allowed to push back. That's too bad.

WuTang_CMB · Post #93 » by **WuTang_CMB** » Mon Feb 22, 2021 4:47 am

Ya doubt theres any compensation here. He got a promotion. Just timing of it was weird and obviously this was done a week ago so shady on gurshon rosas

CB4real · Post #94 » by **CB4real** » Mon Feb 22, 2021 4:47 am

mtcan wrote:
720 wrote:That sucks but he’s not really home grown. We hired him this past offseason. We still got Griffin.

Is anyone gonna hire Jamaal Magloire away from us?

PLEASE and take his annoying cousin Akil Augustine with him

WuTang_CMB · Post #95 » by **WuTang_CMB** » Mon Feb 22, 2021 4:50 am

CB4real wrote:
mtcan wrote:
720 wrote:That sucks but he’s not really home grown. We hired him this past offseason. We still got Griffin.

Is anyone gonna hire Jamaal Magloire away from us?

PLEASE and take his annoying cousin Akil Augustine with him

Are you for real? Thsts his cousin? Lol i know someone at mlse they said everyone cant stand akil hes a clown

CB4real · Post #96 » by **CB4real** » Mon Feb 22, 2021 4:51 am

WuTang_OG wrote:
CB4real wrote:
mtcan wrote:Is anyone gonna hire Jamaal Magloire away from us?

PLEASE and take his annoying cousin Akil Augustine with him

Are you for real? Thsts his cousin? Lol i know someone at mlse they said everyone cant stand akil hes a clown

Facts homeboy, they came up together and Jamaal hooked him up with the job

C_Money · Post #97 » by **C_Money** » Mon Feb 22, 2021 4:53 am

WTF do you have against Jamaal Magloire?

And1Skip · Post #98 » by **And1Skip** » Mon Feb 22, 2021 4:53 am

MavCarter wrote:Isnt scariolo with the spanish national team right now? Is griffin the only top assistant left?

Still got Jama Mahlalela who technically was to be that "front row" coach when Scariolo goes to Spanish team. So I guess now Jama gets to be Nurse's left-hand man. Then when 905 season ends, Patrick Mutumbo will be back and able to provide that "front row" experience.

Parataxis · Post #99 » by **Parataxis** » Mon Feb 22, 2021 4:55 am

FrozenLeafz wrote:Wait they can do that?

If the Raptors give permission, yes.

Letting Finch go midseason hurts us in the short term, but pays dividends in the long term. One more reason why top tier coaches would want to work for Nurse.

Psubs · Post #100 » by **Psubs** » Mon Feb 22, 2021 4:57 am

Blacklash2k4 wrote:
Badonkadonk wrote:
Blacklash2k4 wrote:What the ****..... who in their right mind would want to coach that dumpster fire.....

If you're an assistant, you do not turn down one of the 30 head coaching jobs in the NBA.

The Nurse coaching tree continues to grow.

It’s a dead end job! If I’m an assistant who is competitive and wants to win, timberwolves is one of the last place I want to coach for, along with the Pistons, Cavs and Kings. Continual lottery team who can’t win even with THREE first overall picks in the last few years.....

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Same for Charlotte! Borrego went there, they dumped Batum, used cap on Hayward and drafted Ball and in the playoff hunt.

Things could change quickly for each of those teams with a top 6 pick in this draft.