Raptors mailbag: How will the Rogers takeover of MLSE impact Masai Ujiri?
September 22, 2024
Raptors mailbag: How will the Rogers takeover of MLSE impact Masai Ujiri?
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Tidbits:
On Ed Rogers/Masai’s relationship:
>No one can be sure how Rogers — when the deal passes al the regulatory rules — will want the front offices of any of the teams to look like. But I have been told there’s been a calming of any conflicts or disagreements between Rogers and Ujiri so that has to be a promising thing.
>But I have said for a very long time that this is absolutely not Masai’s last job and maybe this is a way to see a clearer path to something else somewhere else.
On how Rogers buying out the Bell share effects the Raptors:
>In the very short term, no impact.
>And without 20-20 foresight, anyone can only guess on the long-term picture but I’d suggest that in some ways having one owner provides clarity and that’s good.
>But if that one person won’t stay out of the way and hire smart executives and let them do their thing without meddling, the impact will be negative and I fear that may be the case.
On how the takeover has implications on Masai, and any potential win now implications:
>I can’t see any way that Ujiri would be “fired” any time. It makes no sense.
>And I know it’s business as usual for the Raptors, they aren’t going to all of sudden change course now. Much of the stories I read suggest Bell’s way to lessening its debt load were a big part of it. Always, always follow the money.
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Tidbits:
On Ed Rogers/Masai’s relationship:
>No one can be sure how Rogers — when the deal passes al the regulatory rules — will want the front offices of any of the teams to look like. But I have been told there’s been a calming of any conflicts or disagreements between Rogers and Ujiri so that has to be a promising thing.
>But I have said for a very long time that this is absolutely not Masai’s last job and maybe this is a way to see a clearer path to something else somewhere else.
On how Rogers buying out the Bell share effects the Raptors:
>In the very short term, no impact.
>And without 20-20 foresight, anyone can only guess on the long-term picture but I’d suggest that in some ways having one owner provides clarity and that’s good.
>But if that one person won’t stay out of the way and hire smart executives and let them do their thing without meddling, the impact will be negative and I fear that may be the case.
On how the takeover has implications on Masai, and any potential win now implications:
>I can’t see any way that Ujiri would be “fired” any time. It makes no sense.
>And I know it’s business as usual for the Raptors, they aren’t going to all of sudden change course now. Much of the stories I read suggest Bell’s way to lessening its debt load were a big part of it. Always, always follow the money.