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...
both loaded logical
He was the logical choice. We're loaded at his position. He wasn't going to play that much so this makes sense for both parties.
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.
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.
suddenly turns unless
We can't get him unless he suddenly turns into a minimum-salary guy,
basketball consummate effort gives good matt places team total
Matt is more than just a good basketball player. He is the consummate professional who places his team first and gives a total effort every night.
experience
I was very surprised. I had no idea this was coming. They told me they want someone with more experience.
adding opportunity possible strong team
We'd be getting the opportunity to be as strong a team as possible (by adding Duhon) and it would give us a lot of flexibility,
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.
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.
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.
balancing pursuing regard trades
We still have some trades we're pursuing with regard to balancing our roster.
cutting guys hard learning plan realize starting turning understand
We still have a long way to go, but we have the guys here now who see what the plan is, and they understand it, ... They realize that there's no cutting corners, that it's going to be a lot of hard work, learning to play as a team, doing things the right way ... Our guys are starting to get that and things are turning around.
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.
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.