Bobby Webster (born ) is an American professional
basketball
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executive who is the general manager for the
Toronto Raptors
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of the
National Basketball Association
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(NBA).
Career
In 2006, Webster joined the NBA's front office.
He worked with the NBA's Labor Relations Committee during the negotiations for the
NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) in 2011. During his time with the NBA's front office, he advised personnel from all 30 NBA franchises on issues relating to the CBA, salary cap, and luxury tax planning. Webster served as the NBA's Associate Director for Salary Cap Management before he joined the Toronto Raptors' front office in June 2013.
Webster joined the Raptors as the first hire for the team's new president and general manager,
Masai Ujiri
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Ujiri was born in the Unite ...
,
[ initially as the team's Vice President of Basketball Management and Strategy, and later as the Raptors' assistant general manager. In June 2017, he was named as the team's general manager to replace the outgoing Jeff Weltman, making him the youngest NBA general manager at the time he was hired.]NBA championship
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with the Raptors.
Personal
Webster is the son of Bob and Jean Webster. His mother is Japanese American
are Americans of Japanese ancestry. Japanese Americans were among the three largest Asian Americans, Asian American ethnic communities during the 20th century; but, according to the 2000 United States census, 2000 census, they have declined in ...
from Hawaii, while his father is from Chicago
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.ʻIolani School
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, graduating in 2002.[ He later majored in economics at the ]University of California at Santa Barbara
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, graduating from the university in three years.[ They have three children.][
]
References
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Living people
Toronto Raptors executives
Basketball people from Hawaii
American expatriate basketball people in Canada
American people of Japanese descent
University of California, Santa Barbara alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
People from Honolulu County, Hawaii