[Woj] Former Celtics coach Ime Udoka is expected to be a serious candidate to replace Nurse, sources tell ESPN.
Former Celtics coach Ime Udoka is expected to be a serious candidate to replace Nurse, sources tell ESPN. https://t.co/L15nmpkxVo
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) April 21, 2023
by drecz
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LMFAO THEY REALLY THOUGHT THE PROBLEM WAS NICK NURSE
I’m down for it
LETS FUCKING GO BABY
New voice in the locker room is much needed!
Hopefully Udoka is the right voice to unlock Scottie’s aggression
Nurse is in a zone of caring about defensive schemes only. The players have voiced wanting more structure on offense and he’s not the right guy for that. Nothing but respect to him, but it’s time for a change.
I think going to a team like the raps that preach about women prob is intentional to bring up his public image… I think lol
F it do it
Holy shit I cant believe they did that!
That would be a good hire imo. I know there’s baggage but strictly from a basketball perspective I think masais wanted him for a minute now
Fred keep your wife away from the team.
Hide yo wives
Masai and Udoka 🇳🇬connection Lmao
holy fuck it happened
Y’all will forget all about Udoka’s transgressions when he has this group over achieving.
Don’t know if I like that hire. I guess from a basketball perspective it’s not bad, but for the culture, for who the Toronto raptors are, to me it doesn’t really fit.
If memory serves, we interviewed him when we hired Nurse in the first place.
Lmao Udoka will be sweating bullets once he sees a Toronto woman
Hello Jaylen Brown! 🙂
This confirms roaster is basically re-signing right
May as well sign Miles Bridges, bring back Terence Davis, and hire Deshaun Watson as a brand ambassador too Masai.
Hope this bum doesn’t come here.
Tatum and Brown both credit Udoka with showing them how to win. We need that kind of mindset coach
That would be a terrible look for the organization.
Edit: Downvoted for calling out a guy who got fired for an inappropriate workplace relationship. Keep it real Raptors Reddit. Bunch of clowns.
Barring some insane public backlash, I imagine Ime is a lock. It seems like all the assistants will be gone, so no potential for internal promotion, and as for external hires, I fail to see who would be a better choice than Ime.
This isn’t surprising. Ujiri and Udoka are friends and both represent Nigeria. Udoka’s past is irrelevant to Ujiri.
This guy took part in an affair at work lol. Is it greasy? Of course, but this is hardly the first time it’s happened in any field of work. Ime might be a pos, but if he can coach and win the raps some games, who cares. Time to move on
Can’t believe we’re getting the John Tory Head Coach
Say what you will about Ime whoring around, he’s a good basketball coach.
Toxic choice for a toxic environment
Give me Adrian Griffin
FO better be **very clear** about Ime’s past fuckery, cause this definitely raises questions from a lot of people if they hire him.
I want to see Mallika Andrews reaction to it?
Massive W. Udoka can turn the locker room around
If Ime signs, that end of days for FVV. He just doesn’t fit into Udoka’s scheme.
Jesus fuck. They’re actually sticking with this core. Unbelievable.
Put aside his scandal, he was an elite coach for the Celtics
LFG
Uh I’m not a fan of this considering his recent scandal…..probably not a good look for the Raptors either.
It is the funniest thing skimming through the Celtics sub’s thread about this. “wow must suck to go from a finals team to a play-in team sliding down” as if they didn’t blow 3 finals games in a row to 33 and 35 year olds lmao
and then “to go from the jays to…..pascal siakam” like pascal wasn’t literally on tatum’s level for a good chunk of this season *as a 27th pick* and already clear of jaylen
such a vaunted core where none of them have rings LMFAO they’re envious deep down
When everyone was dodging the Nets a year ago, Ime said he wanted them and they got swept.
Personally I would want a guy like that as the leader.
We want good character….but most importantly Africa. (And just to be clear, I have no problem with bringing more African’s into the game/organization, I think this is just going against the culture piece that Masai kept promoting)
Why aren’t we at least seeing if Becky Hammon can be acquired
Didn’t he fuck an owner’s wife in his 1st year as a head coach? Clearly never had his priorities set straight. Why hire a guy who could take the job for granted?
If he helps us win more games 🫣🫣🫣
Not sure what all the Ime backlash is about. Isn’t the whole deal about having a relationship with a staffer which violated team policy? Who fucking cares. He had a consensual relationship with a staffer. Was she underage? Nope. Was she an unwilling participant? Nope. Other than the fact that he was married man at the time, who gives a shit? Goddamn mayor smoked crack on video and was beloved. He had a side piece, woopty fucking do
NO. NO NO NO. NOOOOOOO.
Phil Handy should get a look. Won the chip with the Raps and knows how to develop players.
No thanks, don’t need a rapist running this team
Lol get this guy the fuck away from here, no thanks