Raptors FINALLY Name General Manager

The Toronto Raptors have decided to hire Minnesota Timberwolves vice-president of player personnel Rob Babcock as their next general manager, Sports Illustrated reported on its website Friday night.

Joining Babcock in Toronto will be NBA Hall of Famer Wayne Embry as assistant GM and Alex English as the club's new director of player personnel, said the report, citing two unnamed league sources

http://www.tsn.ca/nba/news_story.asp?id=86432

It's nice to get some much-needed experience in place with Rob Babcock, Wayne Embry and Alex English leading the way. Hopefully they will have a head coach in place by the Draft and will decide who to protect and who to dangle in the expansion draft.[/quote]

I Hope this new GM,Rob Babcock can bring the success that brought Minny to the Western Finals....and i was pleasently surpised by the joining of Alex English..... I hope Rob Babcock can made the right deals and draft picks to help us get back to at least the second round of the playoffs..

This is a little off topic, but where do you guys all get those flags in your avatars from?

This is a little off topic, but where do you guys all get those flags in your avatars from?

http://ideaspot.net/nba/

if u wanna use the one i have its cool...(cuz there's only two colours) i'll just change mine..

No its alright, keep yours

I'm a bit surprised. I saw a lot of signs pointing to the Pistons' Hammonds. I knew Babcock was a candidate, just didn't feel he was a strong one.

Babcock has a pretty nice draft record as well, especially with Minny.

Denver
1988 #23 Jerome Lane, #47 Vernon Maxwell, #66 Dwight Boyd
1989 #15 Todd Lichti, #47 Reggie Turner
1990 #3 Chris Jackson
1991 #4 Dikembe Mutombo
1992 #5 LaPhonso Ellis

With Minny
1993 #5 JR Rider, #29 Sherron Mills
1994 #4 Donyell Marshall, #30 Howard Eisley
1995 #5 KG, #48 Mark Davis, #49 Jerome Allen
1996 #5 Ray Allen (traded with a 1st to Mil. for Stephon Marbury)
1997 #20 Paul Grant, #44 Gordon Malone
1998 #17 Rasho Nestorovic, #46 Andrae Patterson
1999 #6 Wally Szczerbiak, #14 William Avery, #42 Louis Bullock
2000 #51 Igor Rakocevic
2001 #46 Loren Woods
2002 #52 Marcus Taylor
2003 #26 Edudi Ebi