There are positive signs that Raptors president of basketball operations Masai Ujiri plans to sign an extension, Michael Grange of Sportsnet.ca reports. He’s conducting business as usual, focusing on the draft and free agency. A player agent told Grange “he’s coming back” and another source at the recent combine said Ujiri was acting as if he’s “on a mission to win another title.”
Ujiri is technically a free agent this summer and there are still some concerns another franchise, such as the Clippers, could swoop in at the last minute and try to woo him away. But for now a return to the Raptors is expected.
We have more on the Raptors:
- Coach Nick Nurse’s former agent has filed a civil lawsuit against him, claiming breach of contract, according to Jeff Zillgitt of USA Today. Warren LeGarie is seeking financial relief, claiming he had a contract with Nurse through the 2023/24 season. Nurse, who is now represented by Andy Miller, agreed to a contract extension in September. According to the suit, Nurse’s salary for this season was readjusted to the $6-8MM range and the four-year extension was worth $32MM. LeGarie is seeking a commission for the portion of the contract he claims he negotiated.
- The team owns the No. 46 and 47 overall picks in this month’s draft and Blake Murphy of The Athletic examines six wing players it could take with those second-round selections. The group includes Michigan State’s Aaron Henry and Florida’s Scottie Lewis.
- In case you missed it, Murphy examined the logistics this week of a potential trade with the Warriors involving Pascal Siakam.
Silly Masai was already for his debutante ball but at the end no owner stepped up. Looks like the drama queen act was too much for the D.C. owner while Ballmer has seen egos like this at MSN to know enough to stay away. Raps now stuck with him. Is this a good thing…Bobby Webster wasn’t ready … so yes.
Sounds good, Ujiri waiting for the big money offer but not being found by an owner who willing to give up final say… but Webster not ready how?
Yep. Last I heard Masai was switching to politics to a progressive leftist dictator of Canada. Genius going off the deep end. STAY AWAY
wtf you talking about?
WTF are you talking about? What do you know about the process? what a narrow point of view you have. Masai had the right to wait out his contract and negotiate a new one when completed. He has the right to shop his services and see what teams would be willing to pay. How do you know he didn’t have family concerns he needed to consider? Maybe he wanted to take time to consider dedicating himself full time to Giants of Africa or That’s Humanity. My point is that you don’t know anything and its clear as day, just because he isn’t falling all over himself to sign a contract ASAP does not mean he’s a “drama queen”, it means he’s damn good at his job and he knows he can afford to wait because he has the best job security in the world, being in demand. smh….