Dallas Mavericks hire Masai Ujiri as team president and alternate governor
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Updated · The New York Times · May 4
Dallas Mavericks hire Masai Ujiri as team president and alternate governor
11 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 4
Ujiri replaces Nico Harrison as Dallas's top basketball executive after Harrison was fired in November, with Michael Finley and Matt Riccardi serving as co-interim general managers.
The 55-year-old led Toronto's basketball operations from 2013 to 2025 and oversaw the Raptors' only NBA championship in 2019.
His appointment comes after a turbulent stretch for Dallas that included Harrison's dismissal nine months after the blockbuster Luka Doncic trade.
Can Masai Ujiri's championship blueprint work for a team he must now build entirely from scratch?
As Toronto thrives without him, did the Raptors make the right call by firing their championship architect?