New Philadelphia 76ers coach Nick Nurse comes to the City of Brotherly Love looking to carry the success he had with the Toronto Raptors to the Sixers. In his first season in Toronto, Nurse led the Raptors to a championship, and he looks to do the same in Philadelphia.
There are some similarities between the 2018-19 Raptors and the current Sixers. Back then Toronto, like Philadelphia is now, was a talented team, but could never get over the hump in the East.
There is more to Nurse than just basketball, though. Nurse, along with his good friend Max Kerman, sat down with Sixers Wire to discuss music, Tobias Harris, managing Joel Embiid and other topics. Kerman is the lead singer of a band called Arkells, which will be playing a show at TLA in Philly on Sept. 29 and has a new album called “Laundry Pile” coming out on Sept. 21.
The band is friends with Nurse, who has collaborated with it on music, you can see a video of them performing together here. They also raised about $80,000 to open a new basketball court at Hamilton’s Woodlands Park to improve sports in the community.
Editor’s note: This interview has been slightly edited for clarity and brevity.