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We are trying to get away from those traditional centre, power forward type things.
Nick Nurse
Power
Type
Those
Traditional
Get
Trying
Centre
Forward
Away
Things
I don't mind physicality in the least - I don't mind it in the least, both ends of the floor.
Nick Nurse
Mind
Physicality
Both
Least
Ends
Floor
I think there's some certain attitudes and certain guys that can feed some positive energy, and that keeps you going through an 82-game schedule.
Nick Nurse
Positive
You
Positive Energy
Energy
Think
Some
Guys
Schedule
Through
Feed
Attitudes
Going
Certain
Keeps
It's such a long season, right? It's certainly serious business, but it's no sense that we all have to be miserable doing it.
Nick Nurse
Business
Long
Miserable
Sense
No Sense
Doing
Certainly
Serious
Season
Right
I think there's always enough right in front of me worrying about who's playing the minutes tomorrow, but you've always got to have an eye on a year or two from now and what those guys will do if you think, 'Well, let's give them a full year at the 905 and see how they progress.'
Nick Nurse
Me
You
Progress
Tomorrow
Will
Year
Think
Enough
Worrying
Those
Eye
See
Minutes
About
Give
Guys
Well
Always
Got
How
Front
Them
Full
Now
Right
Playing
Two
I'm getting older and mellower in my old age.
Nick Nurse
Age
Getting Older
Old
Old Age
Older
Getting
You're really in a bubble if you're not watching the league.
Nick Nurse
You
Bubble
League
Really
Watching
I'm a guy that, when there's something rolling out there, the predetermined rotations might go right in the garbage can.
Nick Nurse
Garbage
Out
Something
Guy
Go
Rolling
Predetermined
Might
Right
People talk about offensive chemistry all the time, but defensive chemistry is something you have to build, too, and there's a lot of that work to be done with just communications and the feel of who certain guys play.
Nick Nurse
Work
Time
You
People
Build
Chemistry
Too
Defensive
About
Something
Guys
Feel
Talk
Lot
Offensive
Done
Just
Communications
Certain
Who
Play
I want to see given extra effort, pulling for your teammates: those are the kinds of things we're shooting for and we're going for because that's what we need.
Nick Nurse
Teammates
Extra
Those
Kinds
See
Given
Because
Effort
Shooting
Going
Want
Your
Things
Need
Pulling
I think we're always chasing a win once the ball goes up.
Nick Nurse
Win
Chasing
Think
Once
Ball
Always
Up
Goes
Chemistry kind of builds all season. It's not like we say, 'OK, it's game one, and now we've got our chemistry.' I think it shifts and moves all season long.
Nick Nurse
Game
Long
Chemistry
Think
Our
Say
OK
Kind
Like
Builds
Got
Shifts
Moves
Now
Season
Obviously, things evolve; teams see you play a little bit and start try to do things, and the one thing that'll happen is if one team has success in something, you can bet the next three teams are doing some similar things, too.
Nick Nurse
Success
You
Try
Three
Too
Bit
Evolve
One Thing
See
Some
Bet
Similar
Something
Obviously
Doing
The One Thing
Happen
Little
Little Bit
Next
Team
Teams
Play
Thing
Things
Start
I just think there are so many more good, talented players.
Nick Nurse
Good
Think
More
Talented
Just
Many
Players
I was getting a degree in accounting, and I was going to go off and account. And as it worked out, I haven't accounted for anything since.
Nick Nurse
Degree
Out
Since
Go
Off
Account
Accounting
Getting
Going
Anything
Worked
Why are people afraid to try something different? Because of the scrutiny they're going to receive if it doesn't work. That stops people from trying things different a lot.
Nick Nurse
Work
People
Try
Something
Because
Lot
Trying
Going
Afraid
Stops
Different
Scrutiny
Why
Things
Receive
I loved every job I had.
Nick Nurse
Job
Every
Had
Loved
Don't let people take you ahead of where you are at.
Nick Nurse
You
People
Take
Where
Phil Handy played for me in England and has obviously risen to stardom in his area of what he does.
Nick Nurse
Me
Risen
Area
He
Obviously
Does
His
Handy
England
Stardom
Played
Phil
One of my favorite things about the D-League was going on the road and losing and not having to talk to anyone after the game.
Nick Nurse
Game
Losing
Favorite
Favorite Things
About
Having
Road
Talk
Going
Anyone
After
Things
Fifty-nine or 54 or 52 or 49 wins isn't going to mean a whole lot. What's going to mean a whole lot to me, our organization, and our fans is how we perform in the playoffs and how deep a run we can make, and that's what we're setting our sights on.
Nick Nurse
Me
Fans
Organization
Setting
Our
Sights
Run
Wins
Perform
Make
How
Lot
Going
Mean
Deep
Whole
Playoffs
I've always been like that: after a loss, I go home and pass out and don't give it another thought. When I'm winning, I'm too excited.
Nick Nurse
Home
Thought
Too
Out
Give
Winning
Excited
Like
Another
Pass
Always
Go
Go Home
Been
Loss
After
I place a lot of value on pace of the game, going after people... always be the aggressor and forcing the issue a little bit when we have the ball, and when we don't have it, we want to come at you, too.
Nick Nurse
You
Game
People
Value
Forcing
Too
Bit
Come
Ball
Always
Issue
Lot
Going
Want
After
Pace
Place
Little
Little Bit
Aggressor
For every philosophical idea about how we're going to do things, there has to be a plan to get there, and we have to be able to execute it, first in practice and then in games.
Nick Nurse
First
Practice
Every
Philosophical
Able
About
Idea
Execute
How
Get
Going
Plan
Then
Games
Things
It's pretty draining, the amount of games I watch on a daily basis. It's pretty much non-stop.
Nick Nurse
Daily
Draining
Pretty
Non-Stop
Much
Games
Daily Basis
Amount
Watch
Basis
I just want to keep getting better. People used to ask me - when I was winning in the D-League - why I wasn't in the NBA, and I'd tell them, 'I just want to learn and get better.' I figured it'd happen one day, and if it didn't, I really enjoyed my time coaching anyways.
Nick Nurse
Time
Day
Me
People
Better
One Day
Tell
My Time
Winning
Learn
Get
Getting
Getting Better
Just
Want
Happen
Them
Ask
Really
Coaching
Used
Figured
NBA
Keep
Why
Enjoyed
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