Woj: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hhoy7I4vN4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hhoy7I4vN4) \- In the first 3 minutes Woj talks about how Giannis really liked Griffin and Jon Horst went into the hiring process paying more attention to assistant coach’s around the league and his past relationship with Griffin played apart in hiring him.
Shams: [https://twitter.com/FanDuelTV/status/1663552794425692166](https://twitter.com/FanDuelTV/status/1663552794425692166) \- Shams details how Bucks FO, ownership and especially Giannis wanted Adrian Griffin and no-one else.
Zach Lowe and Kevin Pelton: [https://open.spotify.com/episode/4gulbjY4IMQeGCwIqxxOQe?si=ca00e91fa82e4d71](https://open.spotify.com/episode/4gulbjY4IMQeGCwIqxxOQe?si=ca00e91fa82e4d71) (56:00 mark) – Lowe specifically says “beat out Nick Nurse and Kenny Atkinson” to Pelton. He also says they have a lot of faith in Griffin and that is why they felt comfortable with taking a chance on a first year head coach.
by DarkChocolate_69
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Got this from r/nba
Pretty interesting stuff. Seems to me this whole time he was saving face after all. The funniest thing that I read on here yesterday was that he “backed out” just so that AG could get the job which is just crazy to me when we all know deep down who Nick Nurse really is as a person.
Anyways, I’m happy for my mans AG! Can’t wait to see how Milwaukee & Philly comes out next szn !
I mean we all knew this. I know there are a lot of people calling out “Nick Nurse haters”, but the reality is that it’s just becoming more apparent what kind of person he is. When I first heard David Thorpe call him a “weird dude”, I scoffed — but most signs point in that direction now if I’m being honest. He’s pretty self-centered and not the most inspiring leader, despite being a tremendous tactician. It’s just what it is
i need to ask griffin how to interview. ive never gotten the job as the lesser candidate 😅
Here’s how it probably went down: Nurse picked Embiid and Harden over Giannis and Middelton (as he should). Bucks went with plan B. Its the Bucks trying to save face not Nurse.
So what? Griffin getting the Bucks job over Nurse or Nurse pulling out of the Bucks job proves nothing.
The people that complain about Nick Nurse’s ego seem to have their feeling hurt a lot by him.
Why can’t we as a fan base appreciate him as the greatest head-coach in our history and move on?
I mean obviously lol. Nurse wanted to save the embarrassment of getting beat out by his own assistant
Thought so…I’m interested to hear if Nick chose the Sixers – as being promoted on ESPN today – over the Suns. Elsewhere it’s been suggested that the Suns are wanting Young. No bitterness on my end… just curious. The PR game-inside-the-game is entertaining.
How NN and Adrian Griffin interview went down:
Giannis: How many minutes will you be playing me?
NN: 40mins
Giannis: Ok, we’ll get back to you.
Giannis: How many minutes will you be playing me?
Adrian Griffin: 32 mins
Giannis: You’re hired!
Nurse got a job in Philly, is likely getting paid really well, yet people are trying to spin this Griffin story to make him look like a clown. Y’all really need to go outside and touch grass, lol.
You’re the same people crying that he hasn’t written a love letter to Toronto, yet here you are talking shit about him anyway. It’s like a bunch of teenage girls in here.
Why is this sub so desperate for a narrative? Nick is an amazing coach who was monumental for the growth and identity of the Raptors over the last 10 years and y’all out here looking for excuses like a salty ex
Really weird seeing all the losers come out of the woodwork flabbergasted at how people can not like a coach that publicly questioned his role with the team right before the most important stretch of their season. Ya he’s a great tactician that our run in 2019 likely would not have been possible without, that doesn’t make how terribly the roster was handled less of a fireable offense.
Newsflash: weirdo behaviour is stanning for a coach that got fired for good reason that now coaches the most annoying team in the league, not whatever the hell many on this sub seem to think it is
So two eastern conference contenders will be coached by our last year’s coaching staff….interesting.
I love these “now-they-tell-us” articles. Actual propaganda lol.