The Toronto Raptors have made it official. Bryan Colangelo is their new president and general manager.
The Raptors aimed for the top in hiring Colangelo, the NBA's 2005 executive of the year after the retooled Phoenix Suns won a league-high 62 games. The 40-year-old Colangelo spent 17 years with the Suns, the past 11 as general manager. In the 2004 off-season, he lured Canadian guard Steve Nash away from Dallas, and Nash went on to earn Most Valuable Player honours that season.
"I'm ready to branch out," Colangelo said during a news conference Tuesday. "I've got 15 very good years behind me with respect to what's gone on in Phoenix and my participation there . . . This is just the next step in what I hope to be a long and fortuitous career."
Colangelo steps into a favourable situation in Toronto. He will have salary cap room, roster spots, a good draft pick and a budding young star in Chris Bosh.
"There's just so many positive things about the opportunity that Wayne (interim GM and team adviser Wayne Embry) has established in terms of the cap flexibility and the ability to look at free agency in a different light and perhaps explore trade opportunities to acquire the necessary pieces," said Colangelo. "It's not unlike a team we had in Phoenix a couple years ago."
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Look for Tim Thomas to go West after his buyout from Chicago, the Newark Star-Ledger is reporting, after Bulls GM John Paxson told agent Arn Tellem that he is determined to give Thomas the money he has left on his $14 million contract and allow him to become a free agent, but only if Thomas subsequently signs with San Antonio or Phoenix.
Although no agreement has been reached between Thomas and the Bulls, the latter have the upper hand with the March 1 deadline just around the corner. Players who are not waived before Wednesday are not eligable for the playoffs.
So once again it comes down to money for Tim Thomas. Does he take a lower buyout in exchange for full freedom in choosing a new team this season, or does he take all the money and become a Spur or Sun?
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Suns owner Robert Sarver indicated he probably will not name an interim general manager now that the NBA trade deadline has passed and will divide up responsibilities among the existing staff until the summer.
Steve Kerr, Sarver's lead basketball adviser, said he is not interested in the general manager's job "for the foreseeable future," preferring instead to serve as a Sarver adviser.
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Suns Feb 2006 Archive
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Suns Press Release | Feb 27, 2006
Bryan Colangelo, Suns’ President and General Manager, has resigned his position with the team to take the same position with the Toronto Raptors.
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Globe and Mail | Feb 27, 2006
If the Toronto Raptors' efforts to coax Bryan Colangelo from the Phoenix Suns as their new president and general manager have been successful, they'll likely find out this morning.
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Phoenix Press Release | Feb 25, 2006
The Phoenix Suns announced on Saturday that center Kurt Thomas will miss a minimum of six-to-eight weeks with a stress fracture in his right foot.
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The Globe and Mail | Feb 25, 2006
According to a Phoenix source, Bryan Colangelo is expected to decide by the end of this weekend whether to pursue the Raptors' position or remain with the Suns.
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AZCentral.com | Feb 24, 2006
Shawn Marion started hearing a rumor last week that he would be traded for Minnesota's Kevin Garnett.
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East Valley Tribune | Feb 23, 2006
According to sources in Toronto, Raptors management is “excited and optimistic” that Bryan Colangelo will soon become their team’s next president and general manager.
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Arizona Republic | Feb 23, 2006
Forget deals, Suns fans got a different kind of good news on Wednesday.
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Press Release | Feb 22, 2006
Suns Managing Partner Robert Sarver released the following statement today on the stories surrounding Suns President and General Manager Bryan Colangelo:
“At the time we reached agreement on the purchase of the Suns, Bryan Colangelo and I agreed on a three-year contract that continues through the 2006-07 season that includes an ownership interest in the team.
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Arizona Republic | Feb 22, 2006
Since Robert Sarver purchased the team in 2004 with Bryan Colangelo getting his own stake, there was talk of Suns management committee member Steve Kerr (an investor and consultant) becoming GM.
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KPHO.com | Feb 22, 2006
League sources said Bryan Colangelo appears ready to accept the position as soon as the "final details," are worked out. His salary would be tripled to $3 million per year.
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East Valley Tribune | Feb 20, 2006
Bryan Colangelo met with representatives from the Toronto Raptors about their vacant general manager job.
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Press Release | Feb 17, 2006
Geno Auriemma, women’s coach of the University of Connecticut, former NBA Stars Charles Barkley, Joe Dumars and Dominique Wilkins and ESPN Sportscaster Dick Vitale highlight a list of 16 individuals named as Finalists for election into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2006.
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East Valley Tribune | Feb 14, 2006
Now sprinting and even dunking the basketball, Amaré Stoudemire is in the home stretch of his rehabilitation from microfracture surgery.
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Press Release | Feb 7, 2006
The star-studded field for the 2006 PlayStation® Skills Challenge features the contest’s defending champion and 2004-05 NBA MVP Steve Nash of the Phoenix Suns, the Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James, rookie Chris Paul of the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets and Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat.
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Arizona Republic | Feb 7, 2006
The Suns have granted the Raptors permission to talk to Bryan Colangelo about their vacant GM post, but so far Colangelo appears content in Phoenix.
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Arizona Republic | Feb 3, 2006
Nikoloz Tskitishvili is only 22, but his three previous NBA stops have given him as much perspective as they did disappointment.
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Press Release | Feb 2, 2006
After reviewing his latest MRI, Amaré Stoudemire will continue his rehab with increased activities including jogging. There continues to be no specific timetable for his return to normal basketball activities.
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Arizona Republic | Feb 2, 2006
Amaré Stoudemire will lie down for about 90 minutes this afternoon in the Valley, and it will be one of the most important stretches of his career.
