For those fans dreaming in technicolour that Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri somehow becomes a major player in Thursday’s NBA draft, consider this:
He might not hold the No. 1 pick, but Ujiri could have the No. 1A with which to drive the process.
With an apparent clear delineation between the top eight picks and the rest of the draft — this from a consensus of people who know what they’re talking about and the guessers across the Internet — having the No. 9 pick puts the Raptors in an odd position of envy.
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