TORONTO, ON - JANUARY 22: Toronto Raptors General Manager Bobby Webster (Photo by Cole Burston/Getty Images)
Bobby Webster was quickly ascending the NBA ladder when Masai Ujiri made him his first hire as GM of the Toronto Raptors in 2013. It is Ujiri who gets the bulk of the credit for the Raptors’ rise to perennial contender status, but his right-hand man has been there just as long and also has his fingerprints all over some very successful Toronto teams.
Now, with Ujiri’s expiring contract sowing seeds of concern over his future, Webster’s new deal makes him the sure thing in the club’s front office.