Toronto’s Ujiri, Webster met Sergio Scariolo

Toronto Raptors directors met with Sergio Scariolo – the Spain national team manager, regarding the available head coaching position at the franchise, Marca reported.

The Toronto Raptors front office has met with Spain national team head coach Sergio Scariolo, per @marca. ? pic.twitter.com/O1WyR0CWyU

— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) May 12, 2023

The Canadian NBA team president, Ujiri and GM Webster, went to Italy to talk with Sergio, who also manages the Italian basketball team, Virtus Bologna.

Scariolo is a familiar name in Toronto as he was part of the Nick Nurse team in Raptors from 2018 to 2021.

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The Italian manager left Canada to become the manager of the Virtus Bologna, and he lifted 2 Italian Supercups and 1 Eurocup with the basketball team from Bologna.

If he lands the Raptors job, he will be only the 2^nd European manager in NBA history. Igor Kokoškov, who works as an assistant at Mavericks now, was the 1^st European manager when he became the head coach of Phoenix Suns in 2018.

“The Raptors arrived yesterday, and they left this morning. It was a good meeting, almost like with friends because I won a title with them. I believe that things were done correctly”

— Sergio Scariolo on his Raptors interview conducted yesterday pic.twitter.com/xiN9QfE9il

— NBA District (@TheNBADistrict) May 12, 2023