Bobby Webster
{{Short description|American basketball executive}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Bobby Webster
| position = General manager
| league = NBA
| team = Toronto Raptors
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Kailua, Hawaii, U.S.
| highlights = ;As executive
}}
Bobby Webster (born {{circa|1984–85}}){{cite web|url=https://www.khon2.com/news/kailuas-bobby-webster-begins-first-season-as-raptors-gm-in-hawaii/|first=Sam|last=Spangler|date=February 17, 2018|accessdate=June 3, 2019|title=Kailua's Bobby Webster begins first season as Raptors GM in Hawaii|work=KHON2|publisher=Nexstar Media Group}} is an American professional basketball executive who is the general manager for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Career
In 2006, Webster joined the NBA's front office.{{cite web|url=http://mlse.digital/raptors/Raptors-2015-Preseason-Media-Guide.pdf|title=Management|work=Toronto Raptors 2015-16 Preseason Media Guide|publisher=Toronto Raptors Basketball Club|page=14|year=2015|accessdate=July 6, 2019}}{{cite web|title=Bobby Webster|url=http://www.sloansportsconference.com/people/bobby-webster/|website=MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference|access-date=September 23, 2018}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/basketball/nba/raptors-add-webster-to-new-look-front-office/|title=Raptors add Webster to new-look front office|publisher=Rogers Media|website=Sportsnet.ca|date=June 19, 2013|accessdate=July 7, 2019}}
Webster joined the Raptors as the first hire for the team's new president and general manager, Masai Ujiri, 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.{{cite news |title=Toronto Raptors promote Bobby Webster to GM|url=http://www.nba.com/article/2017/06/28/toronto-raptors-bobby-webster-gm|date=July 28, 2017|work=NBA.com|publisher=NBA Media Ventures, LLC.|access-date=September 23, 2018|language=en}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kitv.com/story/40649440/iolani-high-school-graduate-and-toronto-raptors-gm-bobby-webster-celebrates-first-nba-championship|title='Iolani High School graduate and Toronto Raptors GM Bobby Webster celebrates first NBA Championship|publisher=KITV|website=www.kitv.com|date=June 13, 2019}} On June 13, 2019, Webster won his first NBA championship with the Raptors.
Personal
Webster is the son of Bob and Jean Webster. His mother is Japanese American from Hawaii, while his father is from Chicago.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/11/19/bobby-webster-raptors-japanese-hapa-hawaii/|title=Raptors GM draws on mixed upbringing in building team's post-Kawhi Leonard identity|newspaper=The Washington Post|publisher=Nash Holdings|date=November 19, 2019|accessdate=December 16, 2019|last=Golliver|first=Ben}} Webster's siblings include an older brother named Kevin, and an older sister named Olivia.{{cite web|url=https://theathletic.com/1436139/2019/12/11/searching-for-bobby-webster-the-untold-story-of-how-one-of-the-nbas-youngest-gms-helped-the-toronto-raptors-win-a-title?source=shared-article|title=Searching for Bobby Webster: The untold story of how one of the NBA's youngest GMs helped the Toronto Raptors win a title|last=Robson|first=Dan|work=The Athletic|publisher=The Athletic Media Company|date=December 11, 2019|accessdate=December 16, 2019|quote=The hut was built by Webster’s older brother, Kevin, and Bobby runs the card store with his older sister, Olivia.}} Webster attended the ʻIolani School, graduating in 2002. He later majored in economics at the University of California at Santa Barbara, graduating from the university in three years.{{cite web|url=https://careerkokua.hawaii.gov/career/article/?id=353|title=Running with the Raptors|work=Career Kokua|publisher=State of Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations|last=Mossman|first=Bill|date=March 29, 2018}}
Webster has been married to wife Lauren since 2015. They have two children.
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