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TORONTO – From the moment they arrived in Orlando, the Toronto Raptors have been the talk of the NBA bubble – for reasons related to and outside of basketball.
The praise they’re getting isn’t undeserved of course, but it does feel a bit strange. After years of fretting over perceived slights and feeling overlooked by its neighbours south of the border, Canada’s only NBA team – and its fan base – is more accustomed to being disrespected or ignored than receiving pats on the back.
Just to make sure Raptors fans weren’t getting too comfortable as darlings of the league, the National Basketball Coaches Association announced the co-winners of their annual Coach of the Year award on Monday – Milwaukee’s Mike Budenholzer and Oklahoma City’s Billy Donovan. Nurse finished one vote shy of forcing a three-way tie, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
“Those guys obviously did a great job,” said Nurse, who hadn’t seen the report until he was made aware of it during his pre-game media session. “You can't argue with the Bucks' record and how great OKC did after everybody had lower expectations for them. So, those guys are very deserving.”
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