TORONTO — A year ago, Masai Ujiri declared that the Toronto Raptors had to change their culture. But after a challenging and disappointing 2023-24 season, the team's president said that their culture is just fine.
"One thing I’m 100 per cent sure is the culture of this team will always be at a high level," said Ujiri."Yes, we're going to go through adversity just like every other place, human being, organization or anything, but the culture of this place is always going to be strong." "I’m very proud of the organization, the team, ownership, everybody for staying with this and grinding it through because it’s not easy on anybody. It’s just not," said Ujiri, joking that it was probably even hard on reporters to cover the team."It was unwatchable sometimes but we have to grind through it.
Toronto has a 37.2 per cent chance of moving into one of the draft's top four picks and a nine per cent chance of selecting first overall. The Raptors, however, have a more than 50 per cent chance of dropping to seventh or worse and losing the pick, leaving them with Indiana's first-round pick and the Detroit Pistons' second-round pick.
The NBA's free agency window opens on June 30 and Ujiri said that signing a more established player was also an option, especially a backup point guard or wing defender.Darko Rajakovic, who completed his first season as a head coach in the NBA, said he has the utmost faith in Ujiri and general manager Bobby Webster.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Source: PGCitizen - 🏆 65. / 51 Read more »
Source: BurnabyNOW_News - 🏆 14. / 77 Read more »
Source: CP24 - 🏆 30. / 67 Read more »
Source: GlobalCalgary - 🏆 50. / 61 Read more »
Source: CP24 - 🏆 30. / 67 Read more »
Source: BurnabyNOW_News - 🏆 14. / 77 Read more »