'This is a mistake': NBA world reacts to Toronto Raptors decision to fire head coach Dwane Casey

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• On Friday the Toronto Raptors announced that head coach Dwane Casey had been fired after the team's third straight year of losing to LeBron James in the playoffs.
• While the Raptors' postseason run was cut short, Casey was considered by his peers to be the best coach in basketball this year and led Toronto to a franchise-record 59 wins.
• Across the league, players, coaches, and personalities all expressed their feelings on Casey's abrupt exit.

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After seven years at the helm of the Toronto Raptors, head coach Dwane Casey was fired on Friday, just days after other coaches voted him to as the coach of the year.

It was a quick turn of events that left Casey as something of a fall guy for the Raptors' postseason shortcomings. Despite the most successful regular season in the history of the franchise, Toronto once again couldn't escape the second round of the playoffs and was dispatched by LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers for the third consecutive season.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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