SAN FRANCISCO — A California police agency will pursue a misdemeanor battery charge against Toronto Raptors President Masai Ujiri after the executive was accused of shoving and hitting a sheriff’s deputy in the face and shouting obscenities as he tried to join his team on the court to celebrate their NBA championship.
After the game Thursday in Oakland against the Golden State Warriors, the former Nuggets executive tried to walk past the deputy who was checking court-access credentials, Alameda County sheriff’s spokesman Sgt. Ray Kelly said.
When the deputy stopped him, Ujiri shoved him back several feet, Kelly said.