{"id":756390,"date":"2026-06-09T06:18:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T06:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/756390\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T06:18:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T06:18:15","slug":"eastern-notes-rajakovic-webster-wizards-toppin-sixers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/756390\/","title":{"rendered":"Eastern Notes: Rajakovic, Webster, Wizards, Toppin, Sixers"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the Raptors promoted and extended<\/a> general manager Bobby Webster, an extension for Darko Rajakovic is \u201cin the works,\u201d multiple sources told Michael Grange of Sportsnet.ca<\/a>, though a timeline for the head coach\u2019s new deal has not yet been established. Rajakovic is entering the final season of his current contract<\/p>\n

Grange reported<\/a> about a month ago that Webster and Rajakovic were expected to receive extensions after Toronto made the playoffs for the first time in four years. Webster said the team was prioritizing continuity and off-court chemistry after he and a few other front office members signed new deals.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t make it through the past few years if there\u2019s not a ton of stability, and I think the best part, and everyone can appreciate this, is if you like the people you work with from a professional standpoint, great,\u201d Webster said. \u201cBut if you also like them from a personal standpoint, and you want to come in every day, and travel around the world, and take red eye (flights), and be up late, and get up early in the morning, it matters who you work with on a professional level, but on a personal level it\u2019s just great to have to same crew here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Webster\u2019s new contract covers five seasons, beginning with 2026\/27, league sources told Grange.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s more from around the Eastern Conference:<\/p>\n

Yossi Gozlan of Third Apron<\/a> (Substack link) previews the Wizards\u2018 offseason, noting that rather than operating with cap room this summer, the team instead decided to use its financial flexibility to make two major in-season additions by trading for Trae Young<\/a> and Anthony Davis<\/a> in separate deals. After landing the No. 1 overall pick in the draft lottery, Washington currently projects to be about $11MM below the luxury tax line, though that figure is tentative, since it accounts for Young\u2019s $49MM player option, which he could decline in favor of a longer-term deal, Gozlan writes.
\nObi Toppin<\/a>\u2018s season was marred by a serious foot injury, but the Pacers forward was healthy and productive over the final few months of 2025\/26, writes Tony East of Circle City Spin<\/a>. Toppin\u2019s play late in the season should be encouraging for Indiana, which is looking to be in the contention mix again next season after an injury-plagued \u201925\/26.
\nWhich prospect will the Sixers select with the 22nd overall pick? Adam Aaronson of PhillyVoice<\/a> rounds up mock drafts from Yahoo Sports, Bleacher Report and CBS Sports. All three outlets have Philadelphia adding a frontcourt player. For what it\u2019s worth, both CBS Sports and the latest mock from The Athletic<\/a> have the 76ers taking Arizona forward Koa Peat<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After the Raptors promoted and extended general manager Bobby Webster, an extension for Darko Rajakovic is \u201cin the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":756391,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3769],"tags":[679,7,10295,10760,27218,6,3308,678,207,3817],"class_list":["post-756390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia-76ers","tag-76ers","tag-basketball","tag-bobby-webster","tag-darko-rajakovic","tag-koa-peat","tag-nba","tag-obi-toppin","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-76ers","tag-philadelphia76ers"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116718698717216479","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=756390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/756391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=756390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=756390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=756390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}