Nick Nurse Charms NBA Media
6/10/2019 4:08:00 PM | Men's Basketball
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – Former UNI men's basketball player and graduate assistant Nick Nurse is one win away from an NBA title.
The Panther grad and Toronto Raptors head coach still holds the record for the highest three-point field goal percentage in school history, and he was a graduate assistant on the first team to make the NCAA Division I tournament in 1990.
Nurse's journey from small-town Carroll, Iowa, to the court at the UNI-Dome to a clinching game in the NBA finals is one of the more unique in the NBA and over the last few weeks news outlets around the NBA have taken the opportunity to share the details of what formed Nurse into an NBA finals coach.
Here are some of the articles from media around Iowa and NBA.
Masterful moves of coach Nick Nurse have Raptors on brink of first NBA title - USA Today
The Athletic ($) discusses Nick Nurse's time at UNI with five former teammates
ESPN's feature about his journey with stops at NCAA, NAIA, Europe and the D League
Nick Nurse's Thought With Late Mom after Wednesday's Big Victory - MSN
A look at Nick Nurse's Rise to Stardom from the Des Moines Register
The NBA Finals Have Never Seen a Coach Like Nick Nurse - WSJ($)
Former Teammates and Coaches Not Surprised about Nick Nurse's NBA Success - KCRG
Nick Nurse: From UNI to NBA Finals, and almost everywhere in-between - The Gazette
Five Good Minutes - ESPN Pardon the Interruption
The Panther grad and Toronto Raptors head coach still holds the record for the highest three-point field goal percentage in school history, and he was a graduate assistant on the first team to make the NCAA Division I tournament in 1990.
Nurse's journey from small-town Carroll, Iowa, to the court at the UNI-Dome to a clinching game in the NBA finals is one of the more unique in the NBA and over the last few weeks news outlets around the NBA have taken the opportunity to share the details of what formed Nurse into an NBA finals coach.
Here are some of the articles from media around Iowa and NBA.
Masterful moves of coach Nick Nurse have Raptors on brink of first NBA title - USA Today
The Athletic ($) discusses Nick Nurse's time at UNI with five former teammates
ESPN's feature about his journey with stops at NCAA, NAIA, Europe and the D League
Nick Nurse's Thought With Late Mom after Wednesday's Big Victory - MSN
A look at Nick Nurse's Rise to Stardom from the Des Moines Register
The NBA Finals Have Never Seen a Coach Like Nick Nurse - WSJ($)
Former Teammates and Coaches Not Surprised about Nick Nurse's NBA Success - KCRG
Nick Nurse: From UNI to NBA Finals, and almost everywhere in-between - The Gazette
Five Good Minutes - ESPN Pardon the Interruption
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