Raptors fans are grappling with the departure of Masai Ujiri from his role as President of the Toronto Raptors. What is especially unsettling about his exit is the cold, corporate feel behind it, seemingly driven by cost savings and politics.
Back in 2021, Doug Smith published an article for the Toronto Star outlining a storyline that could have been ripped from the TV show ‘Succession’. Ed Rogers, executive chairman at Rogers Communications, had reportedly told his partners he felt “[Masai’s] compensation was too high” and argued that “The Raptors could be managed with Ujiri’s help by the existing general manager Bobby Webster”.