A close sources close to the situation has told ESPN.com this week that the Toronto Raptors do indeed have a backup plan if the current management -- at the urging of staunch anti-Colangelo board member Glen Silvestri -- decides it's best to make an immediate change. Or a change after June 30.
One possibility management is considering, what one sources said, is naming the Raptors special advisor Wayne Embry as interim GM similar to the past. In that scenario, Embry and longtime Raptors senior director of player personnel Jim Kelly would then either be asked to oversee Toronto's draft in Colangelo's place, or Embry would simply become interim GM as of July 1.
Embry, 74, has already served as interim GM for the Raps once before, taking temporary charge of the team's basketball operations in January 2006 from Rob Babcock -- Embry has made two trades before the trade deadlineduring the 2006 season before Colangelo was hired on Feb. 28, 2006.
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