The Raptors fire Nick Nurse, the coach of the ring

Los Toronto Raptors fired Nick Nurse on Fridaythe coach with whom they won the NBA championship in the 2018-2019 seasona few days after the Canadian team run out of the option to play the “playoffs”.

Toronto Raptros President, Masia Ujiri, announced the dismissal of Nurse in a statement in which he indicated that he has been relieved of his duties.

You’re in did not say who will replace Nurse but he said it’s an opportunity to “restart” the team and win another championship.

“The decision to make a change like this is never easy or taken lightly.especially when it is a person who has been an integral part of the most important achievements of this franchise and has been a steady leader through some of the toughest timesUjiri explained.

Nurse He was signed in 2013 by the Raptors as an assistant coach and in 2018 he became the team’s top manager.

That same season, the Raptors, who had in their ranks the Spanish players Marc Gasol and Serge Ibaka as well as Sergio Scariolo as an assistant coach, they won the NBA championship.

With that win, Nurse became the ninth coach to win the NBA championship in his first season as technical director of a team.

The Raptors are done this regular season with 41 wins and 41 lossesbelow expectations, but with a place in the “play-in” to try to access the playoffs.

Last week, the Raptors lost that opportunity by being beaten at home by the Chicago Bulls in a game that the Toronto team led by 19 points in the third quarter.

Nurse has been linked with the Houston Rockets coaching job although during the end-of-season press conference he held last week he refused to confirm his plans for the future.