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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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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Even bad teams have optimism. The Bad News Bears' coach wouldn't even tell his team that.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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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.
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We are very close to agreeing to something with Matt. I anticipate it getting done quickly.
eventually
First, we eventually are going to need that roster spot,
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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.