The discussions about Masai Ujiri’s departure from the Raptors had been going on for months when sports giant MLSE decided the time had come to cut ties with one of the most recognizable men in franchise history.
With Ujiri heading into the final year of his contract and an overwhelming sense that his ouster was inevitable as the billion-dollar sports monolith moves under the complete control of broadcast scion Edward Rogers, MLSE “parted ways” with the most successful Toronto sports executive of the last quarter-century Friday morning.
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