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Raptors president Masai Ujiri 'pushed, struck deputy in face' during title celebration: police
June 14, 2019 | 12:05pmHold the celebrations. The Alameda County Sheriff’s office is pursuing a misdemeanor charge against Raptors general manager Masai Ujiri for simple battery of a police officer, a spokesman for the...
Wizards ready to offer Raptors president their world
June 14, 2019 | 1:14amThe Toronto Raptors are champions now, but they may want to lock up their top executive quickly. The Washington Wizards are prepared to make a run at Masai Ujiri, Toronto's...
Nets quietly strike at deadline, find way to get another draft pick
February 7, 2019 | 4:32pmThe Nets made a minor deal at the trade deadline on Thursday, a small but strategic move to get a draft pick for next to nothing. Brooklyn acquired Greg Monroe...
DeMar DeRozan is making the Raptors divorce even uglier
July 21, 2018 | 12:10pmTORONTO — Raptors president Masai Ujiri apologized Friday for a "miscommunication" with four-time All-Star and franchise icon DeMar DeRozan, but Toronto's traded All-Star guard didn't seem quite ready to make...
Raptors start their desperate pitch to Kawhi Leonard
July 20, 2018 | 4:12pmThe dust has settled on the Raptors' blockbuster trade for unsettled star Kawhi Leonard, but now they need to sell the former Spur on the franchise. The forward can become...
Raptors GM on Trump: 'I am proud of my shithole'
January 12, 2018 | 6:20pmHighly respected Raptors general manager Masai Ujiri is one African immigrant who wishes to prove President Donald Trump wrong. Ujiri, who moved to the United States from Nigeria in 1993...
Knicks passing on Masai Ujiri as new favorite emerges
June 30, 2017 | 9:12amORLANDO, Fla. — So much for Masai Ujiri. ESPN reported and The Post confirmed the Knicks are not expected to ask for permission to speak to the Raptors president, who...
Cavaliers fall guy getting behind-the-scenes Knicks push
June 29, 2017 | 11:11amFrom LeBron James to the Knicks' dysfunction? That's the move David Griffin could potentially make. Sources told ESPN that running the Knicks is the type of job he covets after being...
Knicks' ideal Jax replacement is a pipe dream worth pursuing
June 28, 2017 | 7:11pmMaybe, just maybe, if the Knicks can pull this off, they will be the ones committing highway robbery and doing the fleecing. Toronto’s Masai Ujiri is emerging as the hoped-for...
Raptors president the Knicks' top target to replace Jackson
June 28, 2017 | 9:14amMasai Ujiri is expected to be the Knicks’ top target to replace Phil Jackson, sources told The Post. And after getting fleeced not once but twice by Ujiri, the Knicks...
GM who's twice ripped off Knicks explains Bargnani trade
May 18, 2016 | 12:59amWhile the top-seeded, forever-rebuilding 76ers won Tuesday’s NBA Draft Lottery, Raptors general manager Masai Ujiri was the man of Midtown, on the dais to secure the final first-round prize to...
Can Warriors go down? 1st-round upsets? 10 NBA playoff storylines
April 15, 2016 | 9:01pmApril in New York. Once, that was when a sports fan’s thoughts turned to the NBA playoffs for the Knicks and Nets. NBA playoffs? In New York? Will you even...
The juggling act that will define once-promising Raptors season
February 6, 2015 | 1:44pmYou get the sense, being around the Toronto Raptors, they wouldn’t have minded getting off to a bit of a slower start in their 2014-15 campaign than they did. After blasting...
A big F-you from Nets fans likely for Raptors GM
April 25, 2014 | 8:54amIt’s time for Masai Ujiri to face the music. The Raptors general manager, who took the opening round, best-of-seven playoff series against the Nets to another level when he surprisingly...
NBA fines foul-mouthed Ujiri $25,000 as a matter of curse
April 21, 2014 | 3:59pmInsulting Brooklyn isn’t cheap. The NBA announced late Monday it had fined Raptors general manager Masai Ujiri $25,000 for saying “F--- Brooklyn” at the end of his speech to several...