Masai/Leiweke Press Conference (Recap P31, Video P40)

[Raptorfan2012]

Hahaha love Tim. Strong presence and leadership. Shut down rumors and speculations nice and firmly.

[rapsanity]

wow lol

[Le Roi]

Masai having even to say that shows you how poor the journalism is here in Toronto

[Mediocrity]

Getting teary eyed here listening to Tim and Masai saying BC has ZERO influence on the Raptors

[Duffman100]

Damn, MU really going off.

And Grange, another terrible question.

[FlutieX]

Love seeing TL slap down the media for trying to bring BC into it.

[Inevitable]

Great question Grange. Too bad they aren't giving up anything much.

[sauga_raptor]

Masai with the iron fist lol

[Brinbe]

Sorry excuse for journalists... f'n idiots looking to create a story out of nothing. Report the news, don't make it.

[RealSuperfan]

The BC questions are getting ridiculous. Masai my guy! He just told the media to STFU and quit with their attempts at stirring up some sort of BC/Masai controversy.

[tecumseh18]

Man, I like these answers. No direction to Masai to make the playoffs this year.

[miruss2001]

Love hearing TL speak so definitively about building for a championship. Hard line.

[mintsa]

sounds like a new jersey/logo more than a new name

What exactly did they say ??

[Rhettmatic]

Tim: How patient are you? You gave him a five-year deal. How do you get to be a championship contender without patience?

A: You know, Masai and I have never had one conversation about, you gotta do this or you gotta do that, here are the steps. I don't think our organization is going to measure him that way. It's not the way he sees it or we see it. What we wanted is the best and the brightest. What we wanted is young, energetic, driven, focused leadership. We want to change our day to day energy in this organization. We want him to go build a staff to do the best and brightest for the NBA. We want him to create a culture for the NBA about the enthusiasm and excitement for where we're going. What I agree with him on, and the only thing we see as success, is winning hte NBA championship. We both agree that having this concept of if we make the playoffs, that's all we need to do here? Neither of us is interested in that. This ownership, Masai and his staff, is focused on one thing: the NBA championship. We're not going to direct the road, just the destination.

[ishoy123]

It sounds like everyone is reading way too much into the things that he says, and forcing his words to mean whatever you want. Growing young players locally doesn't mean he's going after Canadian players. It just means that he wants to develop young players on the team.Requiring patience doesn't mean he's going for a full blown tank. All teams need patience.

[dat90zKiD]

Tim Leiweke is one hell of a speaker...
how the hell did MLSE even manage to scoop this guy, let alone Masai?

[galacticos2]

MU will never admit to tanking, so we gotta follow his transactions.

[rapsanity]

i want to hear a question about:

A) Co-existence of rudy and demar
b) opinion of JV

[galacticos2]

Tim Leiweke is one hell of a speaker...
how the hell did MLSE even manage to scoop this guy, let alone Masai?

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[fredericklove]

BC's virus is still containing the reporters here, it sickens me.