“I want Kobe Bryant and Lionel Messi too, but dreams remain dreams!”: Raptors GM Masai Ujiri responds to LeBron James’ Lakers showing interest Nick Nurse

Tonoy Sengupta | 03/05/2022
"I want Kobe Bryant and Lionel Messi too, but dreams remain dreams!": Raptors GM Masai Ujiri responds to LeBron James' Lakers showing interest Nick Nurse

Raptors President of Basketball Operations Masai Ujiri hits back at LeBron James and Lakers’ interest in head coach Nick Nurse

The Lakers are nothing less than down bad right now.

Last season was a disaster. LeBron James and Anthony Davis were both injured during key points in the season. Russell Westbrook looked like a man lost in the middle of the ocean almost all the time. And, the role players, who were meant to support this team’s big three, didn’t look much better.

When they failed to even make the play in, despite having championship aspirations, someone needed to be take the blame. And unfortunately for him, it was the team’s head coach Frank Vogel, who was sacked soon after the season ended.

Now the franchise is looking in all directions for a championship level coach, who could take over that role, and one of the candidates they’ve reportedly shown interest in, is Raptors head coach, Nick Nurse.

Under any circumstances, it’d be quite the challenge to acquire a candidate who is already employed by another team. And well, let’s just say Raptors’ President of Basketball Operations, Masai Ujiri just made things a little bit tougher.

Let’s get into it, shall we?

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Masai Ujiri releases his strong thoughts on LeBron James and the Lakers’ interest in acquiring Nick Nurse

Nick Nurse is heralded as one of the best head coaches in the NBA right now, and with good reason.

This is the man that took the Raptors to their first championship. His tactics are seldom inadequate, his rotations are immaculate, and his man management is spectacular, to say the least.

Suffice it to say, it would be a dream for the Lakers to acquire this man. And according to Masai Ujiri, this will remain as nothing more than a dream.

What are we talking about? Take a look at the tweet below.

That right there, is cold.

Look elsewhere, Lakers. Clearly, Nick Nurse isn’t going anywhere, anytime soon.

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Tonoy Sengupta

Tonoy Sengupta

Tonoy Sengupta is a Senior Editor at The SportsRush. Coming from an athletically inclined family, he has been surrounded by sports ever since he was 4 years old. But, while initially pouring all his time into Football (soccer), at 14, Tonoy discovered basketball through the countless highlights of Stephen Curry humiliating players from Curry Land. And just like that, a fiery passion for the game was ignited within Tonoy. And soon after, he decided to become a student of journalism, graduating in 2022, and choosing sports as his area of interest. Today, you can find him spending 99% of his time browsing through every type of content on every team in the NBA, before uncorking everything he has found to the world. In the 1% he isn't doing this, you can find him playing Basketball, Football, Volleyball, or practically any other sport he has had the opportunity to learn.

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