Ask Wayne Embry about NBA legend Oscar Robertson, and the Raptors senior advisor makes plain his reverence when addressing a sports marketing class at Ryerson University last week.
Embry doesn’t just rank Robertson as an all-time favourite teammate — he says the 12-time MVP is one of the top four players in league history.
But neither friendship nor fandom stopped Embry, in his first season as Milwaukee Bucks general manager, from pulling an aging Robertson aside and having “the talk.”
With Robertson’s production in decline, Embry let his long-time colleague know the club would soon start seeking younger players to help phase him out.