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Masai Ujiri’s impact during his time as a Toronto Raptors executive has been felt just about everywhere across the globe.
Born in the U.K., raised in Nigeria, and a citizen of Canada, Ujiri has been both one of basketball’s most successful management figures as well as one of its mostly widely respected worldwide ambassadors through various initiatives, including his successful Giants of Africa basketball camps that have paved NBA careers for numerous players.
But it was the winning culture that Ujiri helped create in Toronto that got him emotional on Wednesday morning.
At his seas0n-ending press conference held virtually from Toronto, a question from Sportsnet’s Michael Grange about praise from Raptors stars Kyle Lowry and Fred VanVleet, as well as head coach Nick Nurse
Masai Ujiri: Raptors have no interest in playing outside Toronto next season By Erin Walsh | Last updated 5/19/21
Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri is hopeful the team will be back in the Six next season after playing the entire 2020-21 season in Tampa due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Via Tim Reynolds of The Associated Press:
There s no guarantee that the Raptors will open at home next season - yet.
Masai: I think the government knows what it needs to do. . We have no interest in playing anywhere else. Tampa was great to us, but like Freddy said, Tampa is not Toronto. Tim Reynolds (@ByTimReynolds) May 19, 2021
Masai Ujiri said Wednesday there is "nothing new" to report on his contract status during a press conference that included a poignant moment as the Toronto Raptors president reflected on the team’s players and staff.
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Something appears to be afoot in the professional baseball world if sources talking to ESPN are correct. The cable news behemoth is reporting Tuesday that the Oakland Athletics (often nicknamed the A’s) are considering their options to ditch the Bay area city and possibly the state of California entirely.
Jeff Passan at ESPN filed this story early Tuesday afternoon:
The Oakland Athletics will start exploring the possibility of relocating with the blessing of Major League Baseball, a move that could put pressure on local government officials to greenlight a new stadium project that has spent years in limbo, sources familiar with the situation told ESPN.
Pretty much every Cardinals’ fan I have talked to over the past five to six years has expressed his/her doubts about Steve Keim’s abilities as an NFL GM. By now, all avid Cardinals’ fans are well.