Even the most ardent of Raptors fans would have to admit that winning a title in New York would change Ujiri’s life and legacy much more than winning another here
TORONTO — In September of 2018, before Kawhi Leonard had played a game for the Toronto Raptors, and long before all the franchise-altering things that happened on the way to what still feels like a miraculous NBA championship, Masai Ujiri delivered a spirited and unprompted defence of his adopted home.
No one knows more than the Toronto team president how this city presents difficulties as an NBA destination Toronto’s challenges as a basketball market are nothing new, and Ujiri’s enthusiasm for the place last fall neatly sidestepped the fact that one of the key reasons he made the Leonard trade was because he knew he would always be unlikely to land a superstar of his calibre in free agency. No one knows more than the Toronto team president how this city presents difficulties as an NBA destination that New York would not.
But Dolan is as unpredictable as light-rail trains in Ottawa — sorry, transit nerd joke — and he has a long history of firing and hiring people at baffling moments. He fired a GM on the eve of training camp and a team president just after the draft. It wouldn’t be a surprise to see Dolan barrel ahead and hire someone other than Ujiri, because barrelling ahead is kind of what James Dolan does. This is not a man known for careful pragmatism.
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