New Magic President of Basketball Operations: Raptors GM Jeff Weltman

Post #1 » by **Knightro** » Mon May 22, 2017 10:25 pm

Five-year contract per Woj. Weltman will be in charge of hiring a GM to work under him. Interim GM Matt Lloyd is under consideration for the job.

https://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources-magic-hire-jeff-weltman-president-basketball-operations-222525224.html

Magic_Johnny12 · Post #2 » by **Magic_Johnny12** » Mon May 22, 2017 10:29 pm

FINALLY!

Magic_Johnny12 · Post #3 » by **Magic_Johnny12** » Mon May 22, 2017 10:29 pm

I literally no nothing about Weltman btw..

yoyojw17 · Post #4 » by **yoyojw17** » Mon May 22, 2017 10:30 pm

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Five-year contract per Woj. Weltman will be in charge of hiring a GM to work under him. Interim GM Matt Lloyd is under consideration for the job.

https://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources-magic-hire-jeff-weltman-president-basketball-operations-222525224.html

Aight gurus out there..... fill me in!!! es que..... Weltman.... who? Good...bad..... happy or what?

Post #5 » by **ChosenSavior** » Mon May 22, 2017 10:33 pm

Honestly I am just thrilled we have a PBO in Orlando now. Interested to see who Jeff picks up as the GM. Need to research him a bit more but just based on the tweets I'm seeing about him, this was a good hire for us.

Magic_Johnny12 · Post #6 » by **Magic_Johnny12** » Mon May 22, 2017 10:33 pm

I read that wrong...oops. Thought we hired our GM haha

Statlanta · Post #7 » by **Statlanta** » Mon May 22, 2017 10:35 pm

I'm relieved that we have finally addressed the position.

OrlandoDream · Post #8 » by **OrlandoDream** » Mon May 22, 2017 10:39 pm

Well at least he can't be worse then Hennigan. Also hope he keeps Lloyd around as GM.

Post #9 » by **Knightro** » Mon May 22, 2017 10:41 pm

Here's Weltman's bio as best I can tell. I believe he's 52 years old. He's worked extensively with both Masai Ujiri (in Denver/Toronto) and Jeff Hammond (in Detroit/Milwaukee).

2016-Present: Toronto Raptors, General Manager
2013-2016: Toronto Raptors, Vice President of Basketball Operations
2008-2013: Milwaukee Bucks, Assistant General Manager
2007-2008: Detroit Pistons, Director of Basketball Administration
2002-2007: Denver Nuggets, Assistant General Manager
1994-2001: Los Angeles Clippers, Director of Player Personnel
1988-1993: Los Angeles Clippers, Video Coordinator

RookieStar · Post #10 » by **RookieStar** » Mon May 22, 2017 10:42 pm

Ok good. Hope he doesn't trade AG to the raps for their fillers...

G.A. Clone · Post #11 » by **G.A. Clone** » Mon May 22, 2017 10:42 pm

Congrats guys. You guys have a solid President. Not sure if he'll have final say in decision like Masai does in TO, but Weltman is very low key (which I think is a good thing) and had influence on the Bucks drafting Giannis, and has learned from Masai for awhile now. Solid addition to your franchise.

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NEM · Post #12 » by **NEM** » Mon May 22, 2017 10:43 pm

Idk too much about him, but we will see I guess. This came completely out of left field. I'm guessing that if the Griffin rumors were true, we gave up after not getting an answer from Cleveland?

Hoping they keep Lloyd.

Post #13 » by **FFBlitzace** » Mon May 22, 2017 10:43 pm

I don't really know how to evaluate him. I probably just can't, at least not accurately. I can say that I haven't really liked what the Raptors have done. Yeah they've been good, but not good enough. Not even close, if we're being realistic. And they don't seem primed to change their "not good enough" status any time soon. But that doesn't mean it's fair to evaluate him negatively based on that opinion.

"Well the Raptors have certainly done a better job than the Magic."

Irrelevant. The guy who was running the Magic has been fired now, so it's pointless to compare the Magic's recent history with the recent history of the organization our new guy has been involved with.

So yeah, don't really know what to say. We need him to pan out and be good, so I hope he pans out and does a great job.

OrlMagic05 · Post #14 » by **OrlMagic05** » Mon May 22, 2017 10:44 pm

Wow the Magic really hired a BIG NAME!

j-ragg · Post #15 » by **j-ragg** » Mon May 22, 2017 10:48 pm

People in the twittersphere seem to speak highly.

I'm down for it. Just make Lloyd permanent and get to work.

Post #16 » by **Knightro** » Mon May 22, 2017 10:50 pm

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Post #17 » by **Def Swami** » Mon May 22, 2017 10:50 pm

Didn't see that one coming. Hopefully it works out for us.

Post #18 » by **Def Swami** » Mon May 22, 2017 10:51 pm

Def Swami wrote:Didn't see that one coming. Hopefully it works out for us.

But, then

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zuppafly · Post #19 » by **zuppafly** » Mon May 22, 2017 10:53 pm

Def Swami wrote:
Def Swami wrote:Didn't see that one coming. Hopefully it works out for us.

But, then

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I have no idea if he's any good, I have never heard of him before.

But that tweet alone made me feel sorry for the man.

NickAnderson · Post #20 » by **NickAnderson** » Mon May 22, 2017 10:54 pm

What's it matter. Alex is calling the shots

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