The final 1:45 of Masai Ujiri’s presser was full of passion as he described his desire to compete with the rest of the NBA.
“It’s a fight & we have to learn in here that (the fight is) not in here anymore. I’m going to make that clear & clean on how we go…We’re trying to kick their butts the same way they are kicking our butts. The kind of person who I bring in here has that mindset of trying to win.”
In 2020, we had a guy on from a ballroom in Lithuania, I think it was, who was there to see a 16 year old French kid he swore was unlike anything else on earth. I thought he was nuts.
He was right.
That guy @Mike_Schmitz is now the Mavs GM.
Bryan Broaddus (@CrwnGlobalMedia) on the Ujiri hire:
"Anybody involved with the Luka trade needs to no longer be working for the organization. ... If you didn't stand up and fight (the trade), and it doesn't sound like (Finley or Riccardi) did, then I'm for a clean slate here."
BREAKING: The Dallas Mavericks are hiring Masai Ujiri as the franchise's new Team President and Alternate Governor, sources tell me and @BannedMacMahon. Ujiri ran the Toronto Raptors from 2013 to 2025, serving as the architect of the 2019 NBA championship team.
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He's the first rookie to lead his team in PTS, REB, AST and STL since Michael Jordan in 1984-85.
He's also the second-youngest rookie of the year ever, behind only LeBron James.