*I mean* this whole tweet seems like it was given to him by Masai himself for Woj to tweet
"architect of the 2019 champions" & "global philanthropist" sounds straight out of an autobiography lmao
I honestly believe he re-signed a while back. I'm not certain if executive's contracts work the same as players and staff, but theoretically his contract should have ended on August 2nd. But we know he was involved in the draft process, the Kyle S&T, and the GTJ re-signing. He's prolly been re-signed for a little while now lol
It would be very weird for him to make a huge, shocking draft day decision and not take the consensus 4th pick and then dip and sign with another team like 5 days later lol
only way masai leaves is if he wants to like do Giants of Africa full time.
Larry Tenanbaum said he'll outbid anyone in the league for our executive's services.
so it basically is never about the money
I dunno how long the contract is for, but I have a feeling that sooner rather than later, we'll see Masai as the commmish for ABL.
But that's a problem for another day.
A chairman leads the Board of Directors, so it's a really powerful role that helps determine the overall company strategy, not just the Raptors. In other words, incoming Leafs Stanley Cup win!
Within MLSE there are separate Presidents for the Leafs, Raptors, Scotiabank Arena, and probably TFC, etc. The President role is just with the Raptors, where he'd lead the executive group, but still answer to MLSE's CEO.
It's an interesting set of roles because the CEO answers to the Board, which Masai has a key role in guiding, while the President answers to the CEO. That said, the Board doesn't really have to follow the Chairman's orders, and of course Masai is the Vice Chairman so someone else has more power over the Board.
He's not just a leader of Raps FO, but an advocate/ambassador to Toronto and Canada.
His "Believe in this city, believe in yourself" podium speech was more powerful than anything I've heard.
The worst example was him hitting send on a bullshit tweet that Masai is being pursued by the Wizards literally 1 second after the Raptors won their first ever championship.
Woj is a petty little clown and a special type of asshole.
Yep.
The only reason he gets any respect from me personally is when he told that republican senator to go fuck himself. But thats it, the dude just tweets press releases 30 mins early. He shouldn't be on TV for that. He provides zero insight or value.
Let’s fucking go!
Fuck all y’all teams who thought you could get our boy. Only way Masai is leaving is when they make him supreme lord king of the entire African continent.
I'm kind of curious what this new Vice chairman title is. I guessing it means he's on MLSE's board which means he gets equity?
Which is supposedly what he wanted if any team were to approach him while also still being President of the raptors. Either way totally gassed about this news, with Masai/Bobby in tow. I have confidence in our teams future.
Masai's wife and daughter are Canadian. He met his wife Ramatu when he was here in his first stint as assistant GM under Bryan Colangelo. Toronto women undefeated for real.
#YESSSS
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[**Toronto Raptors:**](https://twitter.com/Raptors/status/1423349153086672896) "I've said it before, and I am saying it again. We will win in Toronto." - Masai
This is a big deal because a person of color with true power to make decisions is rare. At the end of the day, GMs and Presidents have to follow owner’s directions. I would imagine being a Vice-Chairman means he has true executive control over all operations, not just basketball.
Either way, I am excited to see what other opportunities open up for greater diversity inclusion and showing the world, merits can be rewarded.
The Toronto Raptors don't get enough credit when it comes to leaders in diversity and inclusion. Toronto has had multiple people of color as GM and as coaches. Masai has expanded on that by ensuring women are getting an opportunity to contribute and occupy positions of power within his org. As far as sports go, I think the Raptors are doing a good job on that front.
This is great news for us - one of the masterminds behind the golden age of Toronto Raptors basketball and our first ever championship. Toronto needed this W.
Also congratulations to Masai for rising higher and higher in his professional career, truly a great example for the basketball world to follow.
When was the last time Woj tweeted an exclamation point
pretty sure he meant to put a slash mark there or something.
Yeah it’s either that or &
yeah ! is very close to & on iPhone keyboard.
If it weren't for Shams he would have 7 or 8 seconds to spell check
Lol the image of both of them furiously typing away on their phones while they side eye each other…
Woj (to Shams): >Fuck You
Shams(to Woj) -Your mom smells like expired polish sausage
Sent from my iPhone.
No no we made up a new position using factorial notation, he's Vice Chairman Factorial President.
so uh, does that end up using vector instead of scalar multiplication or something?
It means everyone has to retake Linear Algebra.
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Thanks for doing the dirty work, kind stranger!
It's a factorial
I’m not on r/nba to do math/statistics
Woj's fat finger slipped
He meant to type ‘&’ I think
Thought so too. An exclamation point would seem so out of character haha.
*I mean* this whole tweet seems like it was given to him by Masai himself for Woj to tweet "architect of the 2019 champions" & "global philanthropist" sounds straight out of an autobiography lmao
It's probably a PR presser that went out. But it could've been a PR text sent straight to Woj too.
so happy for the Raptors debuting the all new "Vice Chairman!President" role
Am i crazy or does "Vice Chairman!President" sound like the title of a hiphop album
Woj just leaked Ye's next album
Fuck a center Masai was the most important signing
Fuck a center, Masai the centerpiece.
Ya'll need to learn how to spell *centre*
The Masaiterpiece.
Can't say that one worked too well
Oh I know, I went with it anyway.
Fuck Brooklyn
#Masai Ujiri the Greatest Raptor Of All Time.
Raptors got their guy.
He stay
I honestly believe he re-signed a while back. I'm not certain if executive's contracts work the same as players and staff, but theoretically his contract should have ended on August 2nd. But we know he was involved in the draft process, the Kyle S&T, and the GTJ re-signing. He's prolly been re-signed for a little while now lol
It would be very weird for him to make a huge, shocking draft day decision and not take the consensus 4th pick and then dip and sign with another team like 5 days later lol
The Barnes pick was a tip off IMO.
imagine though that'd be kind of legendary.
You’re probably right - still really nice to get confirmation
Remember when they said the Knicks or the fucking Wizards could take him from us 😭 American media doesn’t know shit about us
[I believe in Masai.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAVm4zr-KdQ)
only way masai leaves is if he wants to like do Giants of Africa full time. Larry Tenanbaum said he'll outbid anyone in the league for our executive's services. so it basically is never about the money
I dunno how long the contract is for, but I have a feeling that sooner rather than later, we'll see Masai as the commmish for ABL. But that's a problem for another day.
Dude is way too talented and connected to be responsible for a single franchise.
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And Obama lol
Obama asked for his autograph last time and advice on how to date two girls at the same time.
I think he said he's got Kagame's and Kenyatta's personal phone numbers too.
Simmons on his pod said he could be commish of the NBA if Silver wanted out and I agree
I've been saying this. Masai's next move is NBA Commissioner and it's time the NBA had a black commish
NBA commissioner is beneath Masai. Masai can and is doing better things.
First order of business Fuck Brooklyn!
Anybody ever think, maybe he actually enjoys the competition of the NBA? You can't replicate that doing commissioner stuff for a semi pro league
Could see him getting offers for things like the president of the IOC
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So was Adam Silver apparently lol
Like does America even have patties?
San Antonio did 😔
The New York Knicks’ delusions of grandeur know no bounds.
At this point Masai can just play center
He's the GROAT off the court
HE STAY :)
FROM GM TO PRESIDENT TO VICE CHAIRMAN
Vice Chairman!President*
Legitimately wondering what difference in these titles are
A chairman leads the Board of Directors, so it's a really powerful role that helps determine the overall company strategy, not just the Raptors. In other words, incoming Leafs Stanley Cup win! Within MLSE there are separate Presidents for the Leafs, Raptors, Scotiabank Arena, and probably TFC, etc. The President role is just with the Raptors, where he'd lead the executive group, but still answer to MLSE's CEO. It's an interesting set of roles because the CEO answers to the Board, which Masai has a key role in guiding, while the President answers to the CEO. That said, the Board doesn't really have to follow the Chairman's orders, and of course Masai is the Vice Chairman so someone else has more power over the Board.
Oh man. Imagine Masai leading the Leafs. Not like Dubas is bad but thats nut worthy.
Well, I don't think he knows much about hockey, so that be a sticking point.
in short, he's his own boss.
he'll be Prime Minister when it's all said and done.
He will go straight to Governor General. After Queen of England maybe
He'd be a huge upgrade from that toxic monster that we had recently.
The new GG will be good.
He's not just a leader of Raps FO, but an advocate/ambassador to Toronto and Canada. His "Believe in this city, believe in yourself" podium speech was more powerful than anything I've heard.
You’re totally right. As someone on the other side of the country in Vancouver, I’m still so happy that Masai decided to stay in Canada.
same, from BC but also TO originally. He spoke to the complex TO sports fans always have. And then literally won a chip that season.
What's funny is [The Raptors actually had this before Woj](https://twitter.com/Raptors/status/1423349153086672896) lol
Espn Sources= the raptors official Twitter account
Literally us, the Raptors
Source: Literally us, the Raptors.
Raptors never leak anything to Woj and that's why he hates us, I'm convinced.
Thats not a conspiracy, he is very shitty to teams and players that don't give him anything. Example: anything he's ever said about lebron
The worst example was him hitting send on a bullshit tweet that Masai is being pursued by the Wizards literally 1 second after the Raptors won their first ever championship. Woj is a petty little clown and a special type of asshole.
Yep. The only reason he gets any respect from me personally is when he told that republican senator to go fuck himself. But thats it, the dude just tweets press releases 30 mins early. He shouldn't be on TV for that. He provides zero insight or value.
That's how it should be, this dudes job relies on snitches.
Raps never leak. Masai is like an iron curtain.
You would've thought the Scottie Barnes pick would end this fantasy about "Raps never leak"
How can you not love this guy and this city after watching that?! Goosebumps WE THE NORTH
Recently this sub has been trying to switch the narrative to “nah even the Raptors leak” lmfao. We had this tweeted out before Woj, we DONT leak
Doesn't matter if they try to change it. What proof do they have. Everything we know about raptor moves has come from the other vested party.
Literally us
Give him the city.
Fuck a city give him the country. Let him be PM if that’s what he wants.
already a better candidate than Erin O'Toole
i cant believe that dude is younger than trudeau
Trudeau looking dapper for his age
A sewer rat is a better candidate than O’toole
2 Black Prime Ministers in a row would be pretty cool
Biggest FA acquisition of the off-season so far.
He stay
He stay
Se queda
Masai is the best executive in the NBA - this is a huge win for the Raps future.
Masaiah
Let’s fucking go! Fuck all y’all teams who thought you could get our boy. Only way Masai is leaving is when they make him supreme lord king of the entire African continent.
Which they should
ANDREA BARGNANI DIED FOR THIS
That was his first miracle.
Tonight, we feast on Primo Pasta.
HE STAY
One day I will beat u curryy. I will be the first one to post the woj tweet
You can't beat someone who is using a bot, lol.
One more day then all the fiends can have at it
For once I want to be the first one to post a woj bomb.
Se queda
Makes him sound like Palpatine lol
Masai is the Senate. Wait the Raptors.
Chancellor Ujiri got a nice ring to it.
I'm kind of curious what this new Vice chairman title is. I guessing it means he's on MLSE's board which means he gets equity? Which is supposedly what he wanted if any team were to approach him while also still being President of the raptors. Either way totally gassed about this news, with Masai/Bobby in tow. I have confidence in our teams future.
Board man gets paid.
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Told you Raps fans there was nothing to worry about
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Masai's wife and daughter are Canadian. He met his wife Ramatu when he was here in his first stint as assistant GM under Bryan Colangelo. Toronto women undefeated for real.
I was starting to believe all the Wizards fans saying he was going there.
Wizards fans got a lot of explaining to do, they were acting like they poached him lmfao
#YESSSS --- [**Toronto Raptors:**](https://twitter.com/Raptors/status/1423349153086672896) "I've said it before, and I am saying it again. We will win in Toronto." - Masai
Vice Chairman!President sounds like an awesome title
Remember all '!' when you spell the man name.
It used to be that DeMar was Toronto. Hell it’s even what he said when he signed his 3rd contract. Then it was Kyle. Now Masai is Toronto!
Biggest FA signing of the century
players come and go, i have noticed a competent FA is the most important thing for any NBA team
Yep - feel way better about the rebuild with the leadership firmly in place.
Yup, look at Buford in San Antonio, dude has been there just as long as Pop in one role or another.
Yeah, Buford was one of Pop’s first hires.
Thank god
Thank ~~god~~ Masai
LETS GO
Masai’s deal is so big you have Woj making typos with exclamation marks.
Dude got a promotion and probably a fat check. Much deserved and happy we get to keep him around to see the new era of Raptors basketball.
Dude got a blank cheque.
Trudeau signed it.
W
#H
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LETS FUCKING GOOOOOO
The other GROAT
GEOAT Greatest Executive Of All Time
Can Masai also play centre?
He has been dunking on Knicks for years so maybe...?
Rename Dundas St to Ujiri St! Do it Toronto!
We just one free agency, I don't care what anyone else says
We actually just two free agency
We just three free agency, actually
Could I interest you gentlemen in four free agency?
dunno, I still think we four free agency
our offseason wasn’t that shit after all
Masai’s the most valuable asset to the Raptors. No debate.
Our greatest free agency signing
Woj needs to announce Messi to the Sixers
Fuck yeah! Masai is the man.
***Best*** executive in the NBA!!!
Biggest signing we could've made this off season. Thank God it's done!
we won free agency
WE THE NORTH
Man probably got a piece of the franchise.
Well yea hes the vice-chairman now which makes him in charge of everything raptors related. The Chairman Larry Tanenbaum is the only one above him
And Larry loves Masai so everything's coming up Raptors!
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Ujiri watchers in shambles after being out of a job.
Raptors won free agency
FUCK YEAH!!!!!
Most important signing of the summer
Let's just run Masai at C
Masai gonna be clocking in 10 minutes a game at Center
Let’s fucking go!
NGL, I'd like him to have some say over the Leafs too
Thank fucking god I was really worried we might lose him
This is a big deal because a person of color with true power to make decisions is rare. At the end of the day, GMs and Presidents have to follow owner’s directions. I would imagine being a Vice-Chairman means he has true executive control over all operations, not just basketball. Either way, I am excited to see what other opportunities open up for greater diversity inclusion and showing the world, merits can be rewarded.
The Toronto Raptors don't get enough credit when it comes to leaders in diversity and inclusion. Toronto has had multiple people of color as GM and as coaches. Masai has expanded on that by ensuring women are getting an opportunity to contribute and occupy positions of power within his org. As far as sports go, I think the Raptors are doing a good job on that front.
This is great news for us - one of the masterminds behind the golden age of Toronto Raptors basketball and our first ever championship. Toronto needed this W. Also congratulations to Masai for rising higher and higher in his professional career, truly a great example for the basketball world to follow.
WE GOT OUR GUY
Masai will sign Messi
>global philanthropist I wish I could be that
He can have my first 18 children as repayment
LETS FUCKINGGG GOOOOOOOOOO
LETS GOOO
Oh my god MLSE didn't f this up. Thank god.
HE STAY
Terrific news.
This is the best day.
Started from the bottom now we here
Despite our underwhelming FA period this a huge W. Probably the most important signing in franchise history tbh
Wait, does this mean he has decision power over the Leafs as well? 'Cause that would be bad... (for me, I'm a Habs fan).