Bryan Colangelo
Bryan Colangelo
Bryan Sam Colangelo is the president of basketball operations and general manager of the Philadelphia 76ers of the NBA. He previously held the same positions for the Toronto Raptors, and also served as general manager of the Phoenix Suns. He is the son of Phoenix sports mogul, Jerry Colangelo. He graduated from Cornell University with a bachelor of science degree in business management and applied economics. He was the 2005 and 2007 recipient of the NBA Executive of the Year...
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People who don't know him are going to find out about James Jones. He's going to a big part of the team moving forward. We're elated to get him.
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He continues to get better. He continues to amaze.
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Joe Johnson made us aware of his personal desires, which just didn't fit our model of building a team. We're sorry to see Joe leave and we wish him nothing but the best in Atlanta. Despite losing Joe, we are pleased that we have acquired a young, talented player in Boris Diaw, two first round draft picks and additional flexibility to keep our building process moving forward.
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I still leave the possibility open that he signs with us, ... There's speculation that there'd be a richer deal for Scott out there.
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Joe Johnson has a bright future in this league and with the Phoenix Suns. JJ has been a great piece to add to our young core of talent.
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Joe Johnson has a bright future in this league and with the Phoenix Suns, ... JJ has been a great piece to add to our young core of talent.
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He's an impressive young man, ... The feedback we got from the Pacers organization is that he's a really polished young man, on and off the court.
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He's under contract and he'll be the coach of this team next year. We've got a basketball team to worry about and Sam is part of that process to make this team better. When it's appropriate, we'll address Sam's contract situation.
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I don't think it's appropriate to discuss them, though.
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We have a lot of balls up in the air, ... a lot of things going on.
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We have to impress upon him that he's a huge part of the future of this organization (and) that he deserves to be treated as a big part of the future. He's proven himself as a quality player but more importantly he's proven himself as a quality person. This community and this franchise has embraced him the right way and that's a big leg up when you're trying to convince someone to stay here.
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We talked a lot about the ways things unfolded in Phoenix the last couple of weeks. He encouraged me to explore the opportunity based on perhaps what we both looked into the future and saw.
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We think he's a perfect fit for our system. He's long, he's athletic, he's versatile and he's become a very proficient long-range shooter.
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With the improvement of our team over the last couple of years, hopefully there's renewed interest in this market, ... I believe that there's also a common thread now with ownership being Robert Sarver, (his) having grown up here and having gone to the university. It seems to make a lot of sense that the organization has a relationship not only with the university but the city of Tucson.