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djsunyc
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5/14/2007  9:55 AM
Colangelo expected to take top exec honour
MICHAEL GRANGE

Toronto Raptors president and general manager Bryan Colangelo will be announced as the National Basketball Association executive of the year this morning, according to league sources.

The 41 year-old engineered an NBA-best 20-win improvement in his first full season running the team since coming over from the Phoenix Suns at the end of the 2005-06 season.

Colangelo used salary-cap space to sign three veteran free agents to add depth and quality to a weak roster. While former Indiana Pacer Fred Jones didn't work out, two relatively unknown additions from Europe, Jorge Garbajosa and Anthony Parker, became starters on a team that tied a franchise best with 47 wins and won the Raptors' first Atlantic Division title.

Colangelo added a third starter by trading Charlie Villanueva for T.J. Ford, who joined with Jose Calderon to form one of the NBA's best point guard tandems. A fourth starter, Rasho Nesterovic, was acquired in a trade that sent little used Matt Bonner and Eric Williams to the San Antonio Spurs.

Bench depth came in Kris Humphries, who proved a serviceable backup late in the season and was acquired for Rafael Araujo, a failed draft pick in 2004.

Colangelo also made Andrea Bargnani the first European ever taken with the No.ƒ|1 overall pick in the NBA draft and watched as the Italian rookie became the Raptors' sixth man and an eventual starter during Toronto's first-round playoff series loss to the New Jersey Nets.

In all, Colangelo added nine new faces to a roster that had won 27 games the season before, making his mark on a franchise that hadn't made the playoffs since the 2001-02 season and had fired two general managers and two coaches since.

He was also quick to cut his losses. When Jones struggled for most of the season, Colangelo shipped him to the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for Juan Dixon, who became a valuable member of the rotation until struggling in the postseason. P.J. Tucker, a second-round pick, was cut in favour of Luke Jackson, a former first-round pick now healthy after injuries derailed him early in his career.

But perhaps Colangelo's best move was one he didn't make. While the basketball world was expecting him to fire Raptors head coach Sam Mitchell after the 2005-06 season, Colangelo kept him on and was rewarded when Mitchell was chosen as the NBA's coach of the year last month.

Bargnani and Garbajosa were chosen for the NBA's all-rookie team, and Chris Bosh and Ford were signed to contract extensions before the season started. And Colangelo did it all without going over the salary cap.

It's the second time in three years Colangelo has won the award, bookending his award as the 2005 executive of the year, which he won with the Suns when he helped them to a 33-win improvement.
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5/14/2007  10:38 AM
Foregone conclusion, IMO. After the Raps went on the run at the start of the new year, it was pretty much academic.

I can understand him doing so, but I hope he doesn't can Sam Mitchell.
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5/14/2007  10:39 AM
He did a good job and deserves it. I cannot think of an exec who did a better job this year, except maybe Mullin for convincing Bird to take on most of his bad contracts and getting back two better players.

[Edited by - thegame on 05-14-2007 10:40 AM]
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5/14/2007  10:48 AM
Posted by K22:

Foregone conclusion, IMO. After the Raps went on the run at the start of the new year, it was pretty much academic.

I can understand him doing so, but I hope he doesn't can Sam Mitchell.

looks like mitchell is asking for 4 years $18 mil.

they may not pay that (even tho it is market value). right now it's 50/50 if mitchell comes back.

btw, before colangelo was officially hired, he talked to ownership group and "encouraged" the dumping of jalen's contract to open up all that cap space to sign AP and garbajosa. that move was key in their rebuilding, and in their eyes, giving up that #1 (which turned out to be #21 overall) was worth it.

[Edited by - djsunyc on 05-14-2007 10:52 AM]
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5/14/2007  10:52 AM
another Exec of the year gets to step up and thank his father, mother, the owner, coachs players and of course Isiah and Dolan!
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Posted by djsunyc:
Posted by K22:

Foregone conclusion, IMO. After the Raps went on the run at the start of the new year, it was pretty much academic.

I can understand him doing so, but I hope he doesn't can Sam Mitchell.

looks like mitchell is asking for 4 years $18 mil.

they may not pay that. right now it's 50/50 if mitchell comes back.

btw, before colangelo was officially hired, he talked to ownership group and "encouraged" the dumping of jalen's contract to open up all that cap space to sign AP and garbajosa. that move was key in their rebuilding, and in their eyes, giving up that #1 (which turned out to be #21 overall) was worth it.

Balkman was worth the price. At the time, I am not sure people knew the Suns would be selling picks. In fact, it really was a stupid move on their part to do so. They could have had Rondo or Farmer for 1/3 of the price they paid Marcus Banks to sit on the bench.

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5/14/2007  11:34 AM
Posted by TheGame:
Posted by djsunyc:
Posted by K22:

Foregone conclusion, IMO. After the Raps went on the run at the start of the new year, it was pretty much academic.

I can understand him doing so, but I hope he doesn't can Sam Mitchell.

looks like mitchell is asking for 4 years $18 mil.

they may not pay that. right now it's 50/50 if mitchell comes back.

btw, before colangelo was officially hired, he talked to ownership group and "encouraged" the dumping of jalen's contract to open up all that cap space to sign AP and garbajosa. that move was key in their rebuilding, and in their eyes, giving up that #1 (which turned out to be #21 overall) was worth it.

Balkman was worth the price. At the time, I am not sure people knew the Suns would be selling picks. In fact, it really was a stupid move on their part to do so. They could have had Rondo or Farmer for 1/3 of the price they paid Marcus Banks to sit on the bench.

first draft for d'antoni as the gm. like you said, he passed on rondo, farmar, AND marcus williams and signed banks (although it was after john salmons did some douchebagry and renegged on deals with the suns and toronto before signing with sacratomato).

it'll be interesting to see how d'antoni performs as the gm there b/c without nash, that team is medicore. they should look into moving diaw but he has a hefty pricetag.

[Edited by - djsunyc on 05-14-2007 11:34 AM]
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5/14/2007  12:10 PM
Posted by djsunyc:
Posted by TheGame:
Posted by djsunyc:
Posted by K22:

Foregone conclusion, IMO. After the Raps went on the run at the start of the new year, it was pretty much academic.

I can understand him doing so, but I hope he doesn't can Sam Mitchell.

looks like mitchell is asking for 4 years $18 mil.

they may not pay that. right now it's 50/50 if mitchell comes back.

btw, before colangelo was officially hired, he talked to ownership group and "encouraged" the dumping of jalen's contract to open up all that cap space to sign AP and garbajosa. that move was key in their rebuilding, and in their eyes, giving up that #1 (which turned out to be #21 overall) was worth it.

Balkman was worth the price. At the time, I am not sure people knew the Suns would be selling picks. In fact, it really was a stupid move on their part to do so. They could have had Rondo or Farmer for 1/3 of the price they paid Marcus Banks to sit on the bench.

first draft for d'antoni as the gm. like you said, he passed on rondo, farmar, AND marcus williams and signed banks (although it was after john salmons did some douchebagry and renegged on deals with the suns and toronto before signing with sacratomato).

it'll be interesting to see how d'antoni performs as the gm there b/c without nash, that team is medicore. they should look into moving diaw but he has a hefty pricetag.


[Edited by - djsunyc on 05-14-2007 11:34 AM]


With PHX having the 4rth, 24rth, and 29th pick in hand it's gonna be very hard for Dantoni to F this draft up.

The player to move is Shawn Marion because he has the highest trade value outside of Nash and Amare. If I were them I'd try to move Marion for Deng or Gerald Wallace(S&T) and maybe even give up one of those lower picks in a Marion trade. They need to keep Diaw for Amare insurance and he has a reasonable contract. Or maybe revisit the trade for Rashard Lewis again(S&T). With the 4rth pick they can choose Brewer to replace Marion if they were to trade him or go with Conley for Nash to groom although I'm not sure if he should be picked that high. They could even trade the 4rth pick to move down while maybe even picking up 2 more picks in the process. Like say trade the 4rth pick to the Sixers for their 12th and 21rst or 30th pick.

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5/14/2007  12:20 PM
Why would you ever trade Marion? He's one of the top NBA players and always top 3 statistically, he just never gets the credit.
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5/14/2007  12:30 PM
Posted by Solace:

Why would you ever trade Marion? He's one of the top NBA players and always top 3 statistically, he just never gets the credit.


He's a great regular season player and that's it. He needs to be traded while his stock is as high as it's ever going to be. He doesn't play big in the playoffs and the Suns needs someone else to give them that last extra edge.

[Edited by - TrueBlue on 05-14-2007 11:38 AM]
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5/14/2007  12:49 PM
You mean it's not going to Isiah?!? What a travesty.
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5/14/2007  12:49 PM
Posted by TrueBlue:
Posted by Solace:

Why would you ever trade Marion? He's one of the top NBA players and always top 3 statistically, he just never gets the credit.


He's a great regular season player and that's it. He needs to be traded while his stock is as high as it's ever going to be. He doesn't play big in the playoffs and the Suns needs someone else to give them that last extra edge.

[Edited by - TrueBlue on 05-14-2007 11:38 AM]

His playoff and regular season stats are nearly identical this year. And he's a great defensive player. I would not trade him unless I was getting a superstar.
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5/14/2007  12:50 PM
Posted by BasketballJones:

You mean it's not going to Isiah?!? What a travesty.
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5/14/2007  12:58 PM
Colangelo would have never gone to Toronto, unless David "the don" Stern guaranteed him the #1 pick overall to pick Italy's Andrais Barganni.

Colangelo went ahead and made two huge moves by looking overseas, signing European free agent forward Jorge Garbajosa and shooting guard/small forward Anthony Parker, an American who starred with the Maccabi Tel Aviv team.

Stern ok'ed it just to bring friendly european ball to the NBA where europeans feel at home in a city as INTERNATIONALLY flavored as Toronto is.
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5/14/2007  12:59 PM
Posted by Bonn1997:
Posted by TrueBlue:
Posted by Solace:

Why would you ever trade Marion? He's one of the top NBA players and always top 3 statistically, he just never gets the credit.


He's a great regular season player and that's it. He needs to be traded while his stock is as high as it's ever going to be. He doesn't play big in the playoffs and the Suns needs someone else to give them that last extra edge.

[Edited by - TrueBlue on 05-14-2007 11:38 AM]

His playoff and regular season stats are nearly identical this year. And he's a great defensive player. I would not trade him unless I was getting a superstar.


He's about to turn 30yrs old he'll be making $16.5mil and 17.5mil the next 2yrs this is as good as he's ever going to be. He's a good player but at the same time overrated. That's why you trade him for a player like Deng a player that's getting better a potential star in the making. He's already gone on record this yr implying he wants more shine somewhere else possibly. Move him while you can
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5/14/2007  1:23 PM
Posted by playa2:

Colangelo would have never gone to Toronto, unless David "the don" Stern guaranteed him the #1 pick overall to pick Italy's Andrais Barganni.

Colangelo went ahead and made two huge moves by looking overseas, signing European free agent forward Jorge Garbajosa and shooting guard/small forward Anthony Parker, an American who starred with the Maccabi Tel Aviv team.

Stern ok'ed it just to bring friendly european ball to the NBA where europeans feel at home in a city as INTERNATIONALLY flavored as Toronto is.

bargnani would not have gone #1 if anybody else had the pick. the raptors only jumped from #4 to #1. it's not like they were late lottery.
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5/14/2007  1:27 PM
Marion is considerably better than Deng. I like Deng, but Marion is a complete stud. With Marion, the Suns likely will win a few championships before it's said and done. Without him, nope.

Like Bonn said, his playoff stats are equivalent. I would trade Curry and Lee to get Marion and consider that we'd have highly improved the Knicks, for example.
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Posted by Solace:

Marion is considerably better than Deng. I like Deng, but Marion is a complete stud. With Marion, the Suns likely will win a few championships before it's said and done. Without him, nope.

Like Bonn said, his playoff stats are equivalent. I would trade Curry and Lee to get Marion and consider that we'd have highly improved the Knicks, for example.

Yeah, if the Suns were a 39 win rebuilding team, the Deng/Marion trade would make sense because of the age differences. But the Suns are a perennial contender. They can't afford to downgrade from Marion to Deng. (And Deng is a very good player; he's just not at Marion's level.)
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5/14/2007  1:47 PM
Raptors’ Bryan Colangelo Named Executive of the Year
Posted May 14 2007 11:56AM

ST. LOUIS, May 14, 2007 -- For the second time in his career, Bryan Colangelo, President and General Manager of the Toronto Raptors, was named The Sporting News’ NBA Executive of the Year. Colangelo also received the honor in 2004-05 when he guided the Phoenix Suns to the third-greatest turnaround in NBA history.

After 15 years with the Suns, Colangelo, 41, joined the Raptors on Feb. 28, 2006, and began building the roster around star forward Chris Bosh. With the top pick in the 2006 NBA Draft, Colangelo selected Andrea Bargnani. Under Colangelo’s first full season at the helm, Toronto won its first Atlantic Division title, earned home court advantage in the Playoffs for the first time in team history and won a franchise record-tying 47 wins – a 20-win improvement over the 2005-06 season.

For his outstanding work with the Raptors, his fellow executives gave him 20 of the 45 votes cast. Finishing second in the voting was Rockets General Manager Carroll Dawson who received nine votes. Seven other executives received votes for the award. Colangelo’s father, Jerry, won the award four times.
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5/14/2007  1:54 PM
I think Marion does for the Suns what a healthy K-Mart did for the Nets (toughness, rebounds, defense, intangiables, swagger, easy dunks, etc).

The Nets are worse with Vince than with Mart.

Now if the Suns could get Joe Johnson back...
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