Now is a time of great importance for Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri, owner of a bonus lottery pick in Thursday’s NBA draft before he heads into the free agency period trying to improve a team that fell just two victories shy of playing for the league championship.
It could be seen as a time of great stress and great pressure as well, the period when a talent evaluator with final say over the construction of a roster can ill afford to make a major mistake that could set his franchise back significantly.
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It speaks to Ujiri’s nature that not only did he seem unbothered by the circumstances Tuesday, he spent a fair amount of his time chatting with the media making light of the whole affair.