Monday, May 20, 2013
Masai Ujiri top guy for Raptors
Masai Ujiri who is a former Raptors executive and is the current Denver Nugget GM put whose contract is up with the Nuggets.
To make it clear the Nuggets will likely want to keep him in the fold especially after he got so much for the Nuggets for the talent that is Carmelo Anthony when he traded him to the New York Knicks for a package of Wilson Chandler, Raymond Felton, Danilo Gallinari, Timofey Mozgov and still have the Knicks first round pick next summer and they not missed a beat and have even bettered the Knicks. They have kept the Nuggets in the mix in 173 games since the trade and are 113-60 in a much more balanced Western Conference.
So that kind of trade is why the Raptors would be going after him as the Raptors maybe in a position where the big boys like the Lakers (when Dwight Howard leaves) will be looking for a talent to stick into their lineup to keep that motor running especially with Kobe being a very old basketball almost 35 year-old and finished a tough 17 season. They also may not be the only one looking with the Boston Celtics big three now big two are getting older by the day as Pierce and KG are not spring chickens anymore and will want to re-tool like the Lakers.
So who will they be looking at and that will be a player like Rudy Gay who is going to be 27 in August and will be focused on that next contract as it is a contract season and will have a good season.
The Raptors will be able to give him a lot of money as they will be able to sign him above and beyond the salary cap next summer after bring in other pieces that build the Raptors into something better hopefully. The only problem is that the Lakers the Lakers have one contract on their books going into next summer and that is a cap hit of 9.7 million to Captain Canada Steve Nash so they will be able to rebuild their franchise going forward and will be able to give him the moon and the stars and everything else he is looking for. Then there is the Celtics who are not really in that position as they have just over 50 million on the books already for next summer and will need help to get a guy like Rudy Gay in the fold.
So the Raptors need to figure out if they want Gay long-term and more importantly if he wants them and that is a problem that the Raptors have as they have been unable to figure out what they the guys wanted and have been left with nothing. So they need to trade him because he not want to be here and Masai Ujiri maybe the guy that can get that job done better than the others Raptors GM have.
So Bryan is out and the Raptors have their eye on Masai Ujiri but are still looking
Tom Mehegan
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