Rob Babcock
Rob Babcock
Rob Babcockis the former Vice President of Basketball Operations with the Minnesota Timberwolves of the NBA. He is also the former general manager of the Toronto Raptors...
aggressive chance guess might
If I had to guess, I'd guess they would probably match, ... ... But there's a little chance they might not. You have to be aggressive and see what happens.
certainly changed deal felt fit gives good guards healthy last point regards road signed year
We signed Rafer to a six-year deal last year without any really healthy point guards other than Milt Palacio. Things kind of changed over the summer. Rafer still would have been a good fit for our team, but we felt this was a better fit and certainly gives us more flexibility down the road in regards to the cap.
curves depends good kids learning quickly
We've got some good young kids and it depends on their learning curves and how quickly they develop.
exception integral last less team
We more or less have the same team back with the exception of Donyell Marshall, who was an integral part of our team last year. We're replacing him with rookies.
bright building faith future team
Yeah, we have a lot of faith in them. We're building for the future of this team and we think it's a very bright future.
suddenly turns unless
We can't get him unless he suddenly turns into a minimum-salary guy,
catch gives hopefully move opportunity pursued reasonable respect scenarios timing trade
We pursued all the trade scenarios we could (to try to move Murray). With that in mind, the timing of this is out of respect for Lamond and his family. This hopefully gives him a reasonable opportunity to catch on with another team.
agents best free pops pursuing trades
We're pursuing trades and other free agents as well. We'll just have to keep pursuing them and see which one pops up and take the best one we can get.
agreeing anticipate close
We are very close to agreeing to something with Matt. I anticipate it getting done quickly.
category determined directly expressed falls hide interest left money serious spoke trying
We had expressed some interest in him, sure. I'm not trying to hide anything. We spoke with his agent. But he falls directly into that category where we determined we don't have enough money left to make a serious bid.
bugs certainly good step
There are certainly a lot of bugs to be ironed out, but it's a good step in the right direction.
balancing pursuing regard trades
We still have some trades we're pursuing with regard to balancing our roster.
calls carter closes hall lunch monday oh owner wants
The owner calls every Monday 9 a.m. sharp. The cafeteria closes for lunch at 2. The washroom is down the hall to the left. And, oh yeah, Vince Carter wants to be traded.
firing logical looking player
Waiving a player never is easy, because you essentially are firing someone, ... But looking at our team, this was the most logical choice.