Wayne Embry
Wayne Embry
Wayne Richard Embryis a retired American basketball player; a center/forward whose 11-year career spanned from 1958 to 1969. He played for the Cincinnati Royals, Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks, all of the NBA...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth26 March 1937
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We don't know. We're in a lot of conversations back and forth right now.
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We're going into February and Aaron hasn't played much. And we're committed to a youth movement. It was only right and respectful for him, to give him a chance to play elsewhere if he can.
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Even last year when I came in here, I thought expectations were perhaps misjudged,
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Sometimes you don't know where winning comes from. One year in Cleveland, we drafted Brevin Knight and Derek Anderson and I'll be damned if we didn't win 47 games. When you get young, enthusiastic energetic players, you can do some things.
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Cap room is very important to a franchise that's in transition. It's much easier to build because it gives you a lot of flexibility.
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My experience with coaches over the years is that after games, after losses, or under the pressures of the job, they need to vent. Over the years, I guess I've developed good ears.
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To me, he's a terrific player. I had mixed emotions about that because I really liked Jalen as a person and a basketball player but this is the NBA, we've all been there before.
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We're trying to bring in young players, not older players. We're on a youth movement.
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We are a team in transition and need to play our young guys. Out of respect to Aaron, I thought it best for him to be with a team where he has a chance to play and that is in a playoff hunt.
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We are a team in transition and need to play our young guys.
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As part of our strategic plan, one of the top priorities to move this franchise forward has to be to get under the salary cap. I've never seen a team rebuild itself without starting from that point. This trade presents the opportunity for us to acquire $10 million in cap room.
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A player has to commit to it. A player has to want to do it. You can't just rely on your athletic ability. You have to grow, you have to learn. You have to have a zeal to succeed.
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I think what's important for him to realize is what's first and foremost is we always protect the integrity of the organization, the city of Toronto and the game. That has to be the most important thing.
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We looked at this team and where we were and knew it was time to rebuild. We were the sixth oldest team in the league. We needed youth, enthusiasm and potential ... I've been involved with teams like this a few times. We did it in Milwaukee. We did it in Cleveland. We can do it here.