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Masai Ujiri

Profession : Businessman

Birth : July 7, 1970

We have to make Toronto - we have to - we have to make Toronto the best atmosphere in the NBA.

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Giving back to our communities is huge.

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He is so true to himself, and so good to other people. Even during tough conversations, I have never worried about him. Because I know Dwane Casey is going to come back tomorrow to try to be better, and I feel the same way. I try to be better, and so I try to be like him that way.

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We all have weaknesses.

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We all have the things that we all have to work on, and things we have to get better at.

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When I started Giants of Africa, I envisioned providing African youth access to the game and empowering them to achieve their greatest potential.

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If you have a great culture and you're progressing the right way to win I think players will always want to come.

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I'm nervous about everything I do with Africa. You almost want it to go good all the time, and you don't want to disappoint.

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Every GM will tell you it's an instinct. It's an instinct to be patient, to react, or act, or not to do anything at all. It just comes. What I can say is you must have a plan and a goal and a way to do things. At the end of the day, it's an instinct. Sometimes it's good. Sometimes it's bad.

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Everyone mentions the fact that I am the first African GM. I think it means nothing unless you impact people in Africa. That's what we're trying to try to continue to do - impact the game and make an impact on people over there.

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This is a team sport, a team game.

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I've studied the game in every different aspect that I can.

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You go for the best talent available, wherever it is. You fish it out. That's how I've scouted all my career. Doesn't matter where it is - international, domestic, college, anywhere.

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Scouting is like CIA work and investigative work. You create a lot of stuff and try a lot of stuff. Some works and some doesn't. I try to get creative.

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I carry the continent of Africa on my shoulders proudly.

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Every day is different. There's always, as we call it in the NBA, a 'drama,' a team's drama, there's always something.

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When you talk about goals, you look at your team last year and you want to move the meter a little bit. You don't want to go back and be the same team that you were last year, so we have tried to get better in some ways.

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Basketball without Borders made me who I am and it's just something that is such a huge part of my life.

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Two of the most difficult parts of our business is trades and when a player leaves.

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