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...
clear force player team trade
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.
depending next player signed since sure training until wait
It's unrelated, since we still could have signed another player now without waiving anyone, ... That's not to say for sure that we won't sign someone next week. But we still may wait until just before training camp, depending upon what happens.
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.
adjust depends good players quickly team
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.
gives guard help insurance players point position younger
He gives us insurance at the point guard position and will help our younger players 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.
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.
basketball certainly draft early gets money season
We certainly would like to have him back on our basketball team. But we have to take a look at everything when the season ends, that gets into money situations, roster spots, draft picks. We have to look at all the different things, so it's too early to tell anything.
agreeing anticipate close
We are very close to agreeing to something with Matt. I anticipate it getting done quickly.
bad coach news teams
Even bad teams have optimism. The Bad News Bears' coach wouldn't even tell his team that.
eventually
First, we eventually are going to need that roster spot,
afraid compete guards knowing likely point range
Other point guards in his range are not likely to want to come in here and compete with Rafer and Calderon, ... He wasn't afraid to come in here knowing what we had.
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.
best trade
That was the best trade out there. There was no better trade.