The Toronto Raptors had an underwhelming campaign this season. The Northern side was knocked out of playoff contention by the Chicago Bulls in the play-in tournament. After the loss, the franchise announced that they have fired the 2019 championship-winning coach Nick Nurse. Meanwhile, a recent piece of information on the Raptors has prompted a lot of ridicule from the NBA world.
The Raptors’ front office sent the hoops world into a frenzy after sacking the 2020 Coach of the Year Nick Nurse. Upon Nurse’s sacking, fans started to speculate who will fill the former COTY’s shoes. Now, a bizarre fact related to the Raptors and their history with coaches has hit social media, evoking triggered responses from fans.
Toronto Raptors’ bizarre history with coaches gets exposed
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After Nick Nurse got sacked, former Celtics coach Ime Udoka is reportedly on the run to replace the 2019 NBA championship winner. However, a recent observation on the Canadian side’s history with coaches might not sit well with Udoka or anyone who wishes to join the Raptors camp.
The Raptors are the only team to have two COTYs in past six seasons
They fired both 😳 pic.twitter.com/Psrxk7hsBG
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) April 21, 2023
The Toronto Raptors is the only franchise that has housed two Coach of the Year winners in the last six seasons. Dwane Casey served as the Raptors head coach for seven seasons. He won the COTY award in the 2017-18 season. Nevertheless, Casey was fired after that season.
Then Nick Nurse had replaced Casey and won both the NBA championship and the COTY award in quick succession. Now, he too has been shown the door. Bleacher Report recently highlighted this bizarre history between the Raptors and their award-winning coaches. BR’s tweet is now doing the rounds on Twitter, prompting fans to call out the Toronto-based franchise’s surprising antics.
Well it’s not safe to Coach in Toronto. https://t.co/kTexyfx6ft
— Chef Onion (@onionboiboi) April 22, 2023
“Well it?s not safe to Coach in Toronto,”?said a fan.
Fans chime in with strong responses for the Raptors
Fans rushed in to slam the Raptors’ lack of patience with quality coaches. They also pointed out potent facts.
Seems like Dwane Casey and Nick Nurse are not the only ones.
They also fired Sam Mitchell in 2008, and he won COTY in 2007
— Peja Radojkovic (@pedjoni) April 22, 2023
No mercy from this hoops enthusiast.
Well it’s not safe to Coach in Toronto. https://t.co/kTexyfx6ft
— Chef Onion (@onionboiboi) April 22, 2023
Raptors really think they got a team that can be coached lmao
— Ice Buckets 🥶🇬🇾 (@BalgobinChris) April 22, 2023
The entire team faces the music.
Toronto is a trash team anyways.
— Andres (@APX805) April 21, 2023
As slanderous as it gets.
The raptors organization bunch of clowns 🤡 😂
— Travis Sweet (@TravisSweet16) April 22, 2023
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Another fan goes blunt to expose the Raptors.
The Toronto raptors. Canadas only NBA team. If ur hired as coach and you win COTY. You won’t be honored by the raptors. You’ll be dishonored.
— Ulysses Hernandez (@ulyguitarist) April 21, 2023
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The Raptors will supposedly go through a rebuild to get back to a decent place in the league. However, with updates like this surfacing on the Internet, many coaches might rethink before taking up the franchise’s head coaching gig.
What do you think about the massive move from Raptors that has elicited slanderous reactions from fans?