“Win. Simple, win.” That’s the extent of Masai Ujiri's answer on how he measures success for the Raptors in the 2018-19 season. (donnovanbennett)
“Win. Simple, win.” That’s the extent of the answer Masai Ujiri gave me when I pressed him on how he measures success for the Raptors in the 2018-19 season. There was no caveat on ifenjoys his one-year trial so much he re-signs or if the franchise reaches the first NBA Finals in team history. The calculation was binary — you either win or you don’t.
The more you analyze the job requirements of an NBA front-office member the more you realize that in actuality a GM’s progress and productivity can’t and shouldn’t be distilled to any one calendar year or regular season.. Any success they have in the short term comes from the labour of long-term planning.
Donnie Nelson and the Dallas Mavericks don’t have the wins but he’s a dark-horse candidate after trading up for Luka Doncic, drafting Jalen Brunson and then trading for Kristaps Porzingis.Sean Marks joined the Brooklyn Nets as general manager in 2016, and no team had a worse cap situation and less draft-pick capital at the time.
Ujiri’s stiffest competition might be Tim Connelly, who replaced Ujiri as the Nuggets’ team president in 2013 when Masai came North. Connelly has owned the draft, nailing second-round picks Nikola Jokic and Monte Morris and hitting on lottery picks like Canadian Jamal Murray.
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