Don't be surprised if Masai Ujiri leaves the Raptors

[libertyYYZ]

Nothing here... move along ...

Well put! People are underestimating the executive workload in the past couple of months with the back-and-forth to find a location (feds, 3 cities, internal), run the draft, get everyone settled including themselves, and do all the other normal things (league meetings, marketing, etc). The path has been clearly laid out for anyone with a long attention span. THey're doing the coaching staff, lower rung executives and now the senior executives are negotiating their own contracts and roles. Once the season launches, there will be ample time to finalize the GM and president contracts.

[YogiStewart]

All in all, there are some big red flags coming out of the contractual situation with MLSE and Masai.

you, posting a discussion you want us to take seriously.

also, you:

Wish I can too lol.

Gonna jump ship the first chance I get.

This burning Dumpster is going down, thanks Trudeau.

I live in a society that is so damn critical and quick to judge , (wether it's called cancel culture or me too), that people override our democratic rights and freedoms.

I'll wait till the due process and information.

It's disappointing if he ran up to a women randomly and slapped her. Or something where he was excessive and assaulted.

If it's some type of money grab issue, then ill let the courts decide.

[Brinbe]

Either way, I'm fine. I'll support whatever he decides

[Kordic27]

Masai not giving a 100% is leverage... if he came out and said he definitely wanted to come back he'd lessen his negotiation stance, which would make him a bad negotiator, which would make us not want to keep him.

But yes, let's lose out minds because he's doing the thing that makes us want him.

[carlosey]

WOJ tweeted Ujiri was leaving to the Wizards at the second the raps won the ship and while he was going through the issue with the officer (something he did not talk about much).

I think Masai and Bobby are locked in but are waiting to close out the preseason with a potential bang. You make a big trade for a big name and announce you sign the exec team at the same time. Gives the raps a lot of market confidence for their next move either at the trading deadline or in the offseason.

[planetmars]

WOJ tweeted Ujiri was leaving to the Wizards at the second the raps won the ship and while he was going through the issue with the officer (something he did not talk about much).

I think Masai and Bobby are locked in but are waiting to close out the preseason with a potential bang. You make a big trade for a big name and announce you sign the exec team at the same time. Gives the raps a lot of market confidence for their next move either at the trading deadline or in the offseason.

WOJ also had an agenda. He was most likely being paid by the Clippers to be their shill. And with the Clippers eyeing Kawhi as much as they did.. any negative news towards the Raptors would be in their favour. Like say the President of the team that brought in Kawhi might leave for Washington or go to jail / get in trouble from that arena cop.

You have to strip away biases when reading what reporters write.. WOJ has a history of that kind of stuff. Read some of the favourable articles he wrote about Dumars back in the day when he was running the Pistons.

I don't think they are waiting on any type of bang at all. This has been a really hard/long season/off season. Getting his own contract signed is probably one of the last things on his mind right now, especially when he knows he's not going anywhere.

[mickie]

bipolar insecure raptors fans at it again..

[TheAlchemist]

All in all, there are some big red flags coming out of the contractual situation with MLSE and Masai.

you, posting a discussion you want us to take seriously.

also, you:

Wish I can too lol.

Gonna jump ship the first chance I get.

This burning Dumpster is going down, thanks Trudeau.

I live in a society that is so damn critical and quick to judge , (wether it's called cancel culture or me too), that people override our democratic rights and freedoms.

I'll wait till the due process and information.

It's disappointing if he ran up to a women randomly and slapped her. Or something where he was excessive and assaulted.

If it's some type of money grab issue, then ill let the courts decide.

What does any of this have to do with the topic on hand?

Seem like you got a lot of time to dig up past posts of mine. Wish I had that luxury.

[Badonkadonk]

Have been saying since we won the 'chip that Masai's next step is outside of the NBA. His ambitions are larger than just sports and he has the ability to realize many of those ambitions.

If he does stay in the NBA, I only see it in a position that places him as Commissioner-in-waiting. He's beyond running teams.

The history of the league suggests that Masai will never be the commissioner or even considered for that position. Of the 5 commissioners that the NBA has had, 4 were lawyers/had a law degree and the one who wasn't was heavily involved in American politics. All of them come from prestigious universities: Yale, Notre Dame, Northeastern, Columbia, University of Chicago. Mark Tatum is most likely to succeed Adam Silver, he attended Cornell and graduated from Harvard Business School. Before working in sports Tatum was a marketing executive for companies like PepsiCo and Procter and Gamble, and he went on to work as an executive in the MLB before joining the NBA. He has played a big role in the globalization of basketball, and has negotiated television contracts with multiple networks.

I'm not saying it's impossible for Masai to attain that position but it is highly improbable.

I agree that it's improbable based on historical precedent, but I do think we live in interesting times and that Ujiri represents an opportunity to evolve the role. He lacks experience on the media business side and perhaps other areas, but would bring new strengths and relationships. Most importantly, he is a strong leader, which is key when it comes to inevitably building out your support structure (as every Commissioner needs) to help augment your own areas of inexperience. Also, Sliver isn't going anywhere soon and I used "Commissioner-in-waiting" on purpose, as he has agency over how to spend the next few years of his career and which skills to focus on.

Aside from being qualified, NBA rosters are 75% black. Given a pool of equally strong candidates, I think it would eventually benefit the NBA to have leadership that's representative.

Anyway, I think this is moot as his most likely pursuit will be out of the league entirely.

[everdiso]

He ain't going anywhere, guys.

[Tha Cynic]

Shanahan was signed to a 6 year contract extension for accomplishing noting last season. Masai better be offered more than any of his Maple Leafs counterpart and then some.

[theSkinny]

Nobody including Woj have good Raptors sources. That's why the Raps were like the only team who didn't have their draft pick spoiled before Adam Silver called it out.

People often forget this about MU, when BC was GM the rule was .. go ahead and talk to the press, just be nice.
MU instigated heavy internal repercussions for discussing anything business related to the press.. he has a massive zero leak policy and it shows.

Nothing has changed on that front... a raptor related rumour has never come out of Toronto.

[bballsparkin]

Masai's great but even he couldnt stop Kawhi - and DG - and Serge - and Gasol from leaving as UFAs. good lord, we won a Larry OB- whys this still happening lol?! i know theres context (theres always context) and he did manage to re-up Fvv and he has a master plan to land Giannis in July, but the optics for now are not great. players electing to chase titles... elsewhere. its not just Americans either.

that said, if he does leave, i wouldnt worry because we can always fill the void with Aaron Baynes and Alex Len. granted, maybe ive been reading too much TO media

Kawhi made it clear he was LA bound. Which is why teams shied away for trading him. There was no stopping him. Serge and Gasol could have been retained if the price was right. But why bother? This team needs to get younger. Indeed Toronto will always have challenges though. Due to the border and cold winters.

[omar36]

really dount he leaves for another franchise unless they offer somethign ridiculous like option to get stakes in the franchise. Hes got owners that let him spend, got a good team with a great staff all around. where exactly does he go that isnt a dumpster fire lol

[OAKLEY_2]

Masai's great but even he couldnt stop Kawhi - and DG - and Serge - and Gasol from leaving as UFAs. good lord, we won a Larry OB- whys this still happening lol?! i know theres context (theres always context) and he did manage to re-up Fvv and he has a master plan to land Giannis in July, but the optics for now are not great. players electing to chase titles... elsewhere. its not just Americans either.

that said, if he does leave, i wouldnt worry because we can always fill the void with Aaron Baynes and Alex Len. granted, maybe ive been reading too much TO media

Kawhi made it clear he was LA bound. Which is why teams shied away for trading him. There was no stopping him. Serge and Gasol could have been retained if the price was right. But why bother? This team needs to get younger. Indeed Toronto will always have challenges though. Due to the border and cold winters.

We need an ad campaign on the benefits of borders and cold winters among other hidden attributes.

[YogiStewart]

All in all, there are some big red flags coming out of the contractual situation with MLSE and Masai.

you, posting a discussion you want us to take seriously.

also, you:

Wish I can too lol.

Gonna jump ship the first chance I get.

This burning Dumpster is going down, thanks Trudeau.

I live in a society that is so damn critical and quick to judge , (wether it's called cancel culture or me too), that people override our democratic rights and freedoms.

I'll wait till the due process and information.

It's disappointing if he ran up to a women randomly and slapped her. Or something where he was excessive and assaulted.

If it's some type of money grab issue, then ill let the courts decide.

What does any of this have to do with the topic on hand?

Seem like you got a lot of time to dig up past posts of mine. Wish I had that luxury.

takes about 4 minutes to do that, if you really want to know.
if you also want to know, i lost my job when i got COVID back in June. so any jab you make about my unemployment during a pandemic just makes you look like a dingus.