“Steve Nash Interviewed for Toronto Raptors’ Head Coach Job: Canadian Basketball Legend in Contention”

Since his dismissal from the Nets at the start of the regular season, Steve Nash has remained discreet. But his name has just come out since the former MVP would have discussed with the Raptors to take over from Nick Nurse on the bench.

After JJ Redick, it’s another somewhat unexpected name that we find in discussions about the next Toronto coach.

According to Shams Charania of The Athletic, Steve Nash has indeed met the Raptors franchise recently.

The Toronto Raptors met with Steve Nash to discuss their head coaching job, sources tell me and @joevardon. Nash, a Canadian basketball legend, had a .584 record (94-67) in two-plus seasons coaching the Nets. Toronto has had a wide-ranging coaching search.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) May 22, 2023

An unexpected name because we had hardly heard from Nash since the end of his chaotic experience with the Nets of Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant last November. But the connection between Steve and the Toronto Raptors franchise is obvious.

The former MVP leader indeed has Canadian nationality, he grew up near Victoria (capital of the province of British Columbia in Canada) and was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2007. Basketballistically speaking, Nash represented the Canadian flag on several occasions during competitions international competitions (notably at the 2000 Olympic Games where he was eliminated by France in the quarter-finals) and won two FIBA ​​AmeriCup medals (one silver and one bronze). Nash also became general manager of the Canadian national team in 2012, before taking on an advisory role in 2019. Finally, it should also be noted that Stevie has several investments in Canada, he who is co-owner of the team of Vancouver Major League Soccer since 2011.

ICYMI. Raptors interview Steve Nash for coaching vacancy. pic.twitter.com/lhboWaxTyz

— Dude Sam (@DudeHoops) May 23, 2023

Becoming the coach of the Raptors would be a nice sign of fate for Steve Nash, and a great opportunity for him to prove that the complicated experience in Brooklyn was above all linked to an environment that one could almost describe as toxic, more only limited skills as a trainer.

Nevertheless, we recall that the boss of the Dinos Masai Ujiri casts a wide net today to find the right successor to Nick Nurse. More than a dozen coaches have already passed through his office, and his interview with Steve Nash may just be a way for Masai to take the temperature, nothing more.

Time will tell if Nash’s candidacy is really taken seriously or not.

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Source texte : The Athletic