What might be surprising one minute is old hat a few minutes later, and that’s the kind of cat-and-mouse strategic game Raptors coach Nick Nurse is looking forward to when the NBA playoffs begin in a month or so. Raptors head coach Nick Nurse will have a trick or two up his sleeve when the post-season begins. ( Rick Madonik / Toronto Star )He’s got some minor surprises he expects to spring on whichever first-round opponent the Raptors draw but he knows they might very well be one-time things. Having a veteran team with high IQ players like the Raptors do makes it easier to make those tiny changes. “So the formations will look different with different guys, and just kind of get it started and then we’ve got to figure it out anyway.

Source: thestar March 19, 2019 02:26 UTC