The Toronto Raptors met with former Brooklyn Nets coach Steve Nash to discuss their vacant head coaching job, The Athletic's Shams Charania reports.
The Victoria native was 94-67 over two-plus seasons with Brooklyn before the Nets and Nash decided they were parting ways early in the 2022-23 season.
The Raptors' head coaching job opened last month when Toronto fired Nick Nurse following the club's play-in tournament loss against the Chicago Bulls.
Toronto has been linked to many names with the team conducting a wide-ranging search.
Nash got a five-year contract to coach the Nets in 2020, taking the reins of a star-studded team that appeared poised to contend for championships.
But the team had numerous off-court and on-court woes as Kyrie Irving, James Harden and Kevin Durant all eventually landed with new teams.
The Nets lost in the second round of the playoffs in Nash's first year of coaching before falling in the first round in Year 2.
The 49-year-old Nash is considered one of the best point guards in NBA history. He was an eight-time all-star as a player and won two NBA most valuable player awards with the Phoenix Suns.
He also is considered one of the league's best shooters of all time, making 42.8 per cent of his career three-point attempts and shooting 90.4 per cent from the free-throw line.
Nash played his final game in 2014 with the Los Angeles Lakers and retired the following year.
Nash also led Canada to its most recent Olympic appearance in men's basketball in 2000 and was named the country's athlete of the year in 2005.
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