{"id":92610,"date":"2025-08-18T19:46:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T19:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/92610\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T19:46:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T19:46:08","slug":"toronto-raptors-extend-gm-bobby-webster-who-takes-more-control-of-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/92610\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Raptors extend GM Bobby Webster, who takes more control of team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"CHICAGO,IL - MAY 16: General Manager Bobby Webster represents the Toronto Raptors during the 2023 NBA Draft Lottery at McCormick Place on May 16, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2023 NBAE (Photo by Jeff Haynes\/NBAE via Getty Images)\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/53VPZGI2R5FQ5PIQBNLBQC5N7I.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"533\"\/>Raptors GM Bobby Webster will \u201cget the responsibility but not the title\u201d of president as part of an \u201cextension of his contract.\u201d NBAE via Getty Images <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph sections-franchises \">Raptors GM Bobby Webster will \u201cget the responsibility but not the title\u201d of president as part of an \u201cextension of his contract\u201d to run the organization. Webster worked in lockstep with former Raptors President &amp; Vice Chair Masai Ujiri and has been \u201ccentral to the rebuilding process the team has undertaken for the last three seasons.\u201d Ujiri <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsbusinessjournal.com\/Articles\/2025\/06\/27\/report-masai-ujiri-out-as-raptors-vice-chair-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.sportsbusinessjournal.com\/Articles\/2025\/06\/27\/report-masai-ujiri-out-as-raptors-vice-chair-president\/\">left Maple Leaf Sport &amp; Entertainment in June<\/a>\u202f\u201cdespite having another year on his contract.\u201d The Raptors said that they will \u201cnot appoint a president at this time.\u201d MLSE President Keith Pelley said that there is a path for MLSE to \u201ceventually add a president,\u201d but there is \u201cno time frame\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/sports\/raptors\/mlse-extends-raptors-gm-bobby-websters-contract-gives-him-full-control-of-team\/article_c5fbd780-01e1-4276-8bd2-45c28bd051ae.html \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/sports\/raptors\/mlse-extends-raptors-gm-bobby-websters-contract-gives-him-full-control-of-team\/article_c5fbd780-01e1-4276-8bd2-45c28bd051ae.html \">TORONTO STAR, 8\/18<\/a>). The team \u201cpartnered with CAA Executive Search to look for its next leader.\u201d While other candidates, such as former Warriors President &amp; GM Bob Myers, Pacers President Kevin Pritchard and former Raptors coach Dwane Casey \u201cemerged,\u201d Webster was \u201calways the favorite for the job\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6560349\/2025\/08\/18\/raptors-extend-general-manager-bobby-webster\/ \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6560349\/2025\/08\/18\/raptors-extend-general-manager-bobby-webster\/ \">N.Y. TIMES, 8\/18<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Raptors GM Bobby Webster will \u201cget the responsibility but not the title\u201d of president as part of an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":92611,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[402,6856,355,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-92610","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-leadership","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}