The Toronto Raptors have elevated Bobby Webster to their head of basketball operations to switch Masai Ujiri. Webster was Ujiri’s longtime second in command with the Raptors. The Raptors is not going to rent a president above Webster at the moment.
The Raptors parted methods with Ujiri in June.
Webster will likely be in his ninth season as basic supervisor of the Raptors. Webster got here to the Raptors after seven years on the NBA League Workplace, underneath the management of David Stern and Adam Silver.
“Going by means of this complete course of this summer season and assembly with exterior candidates performed a vital position in arriving at this resolution because it made clear that we have already got the appropriate individual main the Raptors in-house. After we weighed the various issues, together with roster building, crew tradition and aggressive panorama, it made good sense to formally hand the crew to Bobby and provides him the time and help to permit his plan to develop,” MLSE President and Chief Government Officer Keith Pelley stated. “After spending time collectively this summer season in Las Vegas, I used to be very impressed by Bobby’s management fashion, his rapport with the gamers and workers, his status along with his friends throughout the league and – particularly and importantly – his imaginative and prescient for the Raptors. This crew is his, now, to steer and I do know all of us stay up for what comes subsequent.”
