Congrats Wayne Embry!

by Zarar Siddiqi September 6, 2012

Also Thursday, the hall announced that Wayne Embry will receive the Chairman’s Cup. Embry had an 11-year career in the NBA before becoming the league’s first black general manager.

The honors were announced Thursday, a day before the annual induction ceremony. This year’s inductees include Reggie Miller, Don Nelson, Ralph Sampson and Nike co-founder Phil Knight.

The party starts…now!

The Fox

Sweet! Good Job Wayne!
Statement

Schwing!
Bp

Thing is, this whole shebang will get going again in a couple or so weeks and aside from the usual din of name-calling and finger-pointing between Raps-fans – always a hoot around here – that will recommence … I doubt anyone will bother to kid themselves about it. We all know it’s more than likely that at the end, it’ll be the Lakers and the Heat and it won’t matter who calls out whom for the reasons as to why the Raps aren’t closer to the top. It’ll be whatever it is.

What I’m hoping to see this year is Casey-and-company’s coaching expertise to filter through enough to make this team better than what first glance suggests (to non-Raptors fans and – some – Raptors fans, alike) it will be, enough so that we make the playoffs and our first round is against someone we have a good shot at surprising. I wasn’t going to bother with specifics of my own – what I hope to see – because I don’t really have too many as yet. But … the easy ones are, I hope that Bargs comes out of the gate showing that he really does have the goods and can then bring it more nights than not … and I hope to see that Terrence Ross looks like he’ll be as good one day as I like to think he might be … and I hope that Lowry IS that point guard that we’ve been wishing for (for so long it seems) … and that he and Jose are as good a one-two punch as I imagine (in my happy dreams) they could be … and a few other vague Raps-wishes along those lines.

If and when it comes down to the Lakers and the Heat, well … I’ve gotta go with the Lakers. At this point, anyway. I mean, if I’m gonna pull for a super-team at all, it might as well be the one that has Steve Nash on it. And I’ve always liked Kobe, in spite of all the reasons that some dislike him. Also, not-liking the Heat has become a bit too ingrained for me to expect that to change. (And btw, this all said, I’ll still be happily-curious but not all that surprised if and when some team comes from out of relatively nowhere to topple one of them or the other. Cuz shit happens, right?)

No matter what-all goes on this season, I. Can’t. Wait. Go Raps.
Big purple

Forgot to add, what are you hoping for?
weedman

I hope the new supply is as good as the last one.

And that Jessica Alba delivers it and wants to hang out for the day.

And the Raptors go on an unfathomable run that is talked about for decades to come.

hey guys, idk if you all saw the Strombo show last night on CBC with GM Masai Ujiri, but I was in the audience taping and there was some stuff that didn't make the 15 minute interview. The interview was over a half an hour long. Some very interesting things:

1) He retold the Lowry story about sitting down with him at the beginning of the season and challenging him to change the stigma of his reputation.

2) He said had a chat with Terrence Ross on Sunday March 23rd, about his sleeping habits, that he needs to get more rest.

3) He retold a story about meeting Nelson Mandela in Africa with Dikembe Mutombo, DeSagna Diop, and a couple of other younger players. Dikembe yelled at the younger players for not dressing better (they were in sweats) and told them to go back up into their hotel rooms and dress proper to meet Mr. Mandela.

4) George asked Ujiri about Phil Jackson's impact coming to the Knicks and he said "He said he didn't care, and that it wasn't a factor to him" Then he just plainly stated and I quote "I HATE THE KNICKS!" - M. Ujiiri

5) I was in the crowd yelling "Raptors" loudly a couple of times during the applause and at one point, I yelled "RESIGN LOWRY" and GM Ujiri was looking straight at me. He had a deer in headlights type look, but then kinda smiled.

6) Talked to George afterward and asked him about asking him about resigning Lowry, He said he couldn't ask that and that he wanted to ask him and also about Amir's knee instead, but didn't also.

7) Masai repeatedly made it known throughout the interview, that Toronto is his home that he loves it here and that he is fully committed to making the Raptors a top team over time. That he really doesn't leave town in the summer, and his phone is always on for work purposes 24/7.

8) He credited BC for bringing him into the Raptors and making the draft picks of DD, Big V, and getting Amir. He says that the Raptors fans should give Colangelo more credit.

9) He thinks its crap that people perceive Toronto as a place players don't wanna play at. He says look at the top teams in the east, Miami is nice sure, but he personally hates the city, and how anyone thinks its warmer or better in Indiana or Chicago is beyond him. Toronto is the best in his opinion.

10) When he walked out by me, I bowed to him and personally thanked him for fixing the Raptors. Just a very awesome person, who I am glad is the GM of my favorite sports team.

I was disappointed that they edited the interview so much to only about 10 minutes. George S. did a great job and he truly is a huge raps fan. If you watch the episode, I am the guy in the old school purple raptors JYD jersey at the end waving the jersey for a split second as they zoom into the person holding the placard at the end. Not an april fools post BTW

Alexey Ots

Congrats Wayne Embry!

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