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...
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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.
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No one is going to force me to make a trade. I've made it very clear the only way I would trade any player on our team is if it's a trade that makes us a better team.
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Even bad teams have optimism. The Bad News Bears' coach wouldn't even tell his team that.
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There will be growing pains, no doubt about it. 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.
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Chris, along with Rafer Alston and Jose Calderon, would give us flexibility in the guard positions. Chris was the starting point guard for a playoff team in Chicago and won a national championship with Duke. At just 23 years of age, he offers a lot of potential.
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There's a lot of players on our team who are young . . . and we think they're going to be good players for us in the future. It just depends on how quickly they adjust and how quickly they develop.
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We've got some good young kids and it depends on their learning curves and how quickly they develop.
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We can't get him unless he suddenly turns into a minimum-salary guy,
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I was very surprised. I had no idea this was coming. They told me they want someone with more experience.
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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.
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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.