That was how Raptors president Masai Ujiri opened his press conference in the wake of the biggest, most surprising, trade in franchise history. As has been breathlessly reported for the past two days, the Raptors have traded franchise cornerstone DeMar DeRozan for 2014 Finals MVP winner Kawhi Leonard of the San Antonio Spurs. There are still a lot of questions to ask and answer, still a lot to look forward to in Toronto, but today was the first step: Masai had to address the media post-trade.
And it’s telling that after Ujiri called today a big day, he had to quickly acknowledge — and apologize to — DeMar DeRozan, the player who has been through it all with the Raptors.