Rob Babcock Quotations

Of course I'm still pulling for (the Raptors).

No one is going to force me to make a trade. I've made it very clear the only way I would trade any player on our team is if it's a trade that makes us a better team.

Even bad teams have optimism. The Bad News Bears' coach wouldn't even tell his team that.

We pursued all the trade scenarios we could (to try to move Murray). With that in mind, the timing of this is out of respect for Lamond and his family. This hopefully gives him a reasonable opportunity to catch on with another team.

I was very surprised. I had no idea this was coming. They told me they want someone with more experience.

But those things usually work themselves out during training camp.

We still have some trades we're pursuing with regard to balancing our roster.

We still have a long way to go, but we have the guys here now who see what the plan is, and they understand it, ... They realize that there's no cutting corners, that it's going to be a lot of hard work, learning to play as a team, doing things the right way ... Our guys are starting to get that and things are turning around.

If I had to guess, I'd guess they would probably match, ... ... But there's a little chance they might not. You have to be aggressive and see what happens.

He gives us insurance at the point guard position and will help our younger players develop.