Masai Ujiri
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Masai Ujiri is a Nigerian-Canadian basketball executive renowned for building the Toronto Raptors into an NBA championship team and for his influential work in developing basketball in Africa.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Masai Ujiri canonical | 2 |
| Masai Michael Ujiri | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
basketball executive
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human ⓘ sports executive ⓘ |
| advocacy |
social justice issues
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youth empowerment in Africa through sports ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
NBA Executive of the Year Award
ⓘ
surface form:
2013 NBA Executive of the Year Award
NBA Executive of the Year Award ⓘ |
| continentOfActivity |
Africa
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North America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Canada
ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1970-07-07 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Bismarck State College ⓘ |
| employer |
Denver Nuggets
ⓘ
Toronto Raptors ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Nigerian ⓘ |
| familyName | Ujiri ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
basketball operations
ⓘ
player development ⓘ talent scouting ⓘ |
| formerOccupation | professional basketball player ⓘ |
| founded | Giants of Africa ⓘ |
| fullName |
Masai Ujiri
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Masai Michael Ujiri
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| genreOfActivity |
philanthropy
ⓘ
sports management ⓘ |
| givenName |
Maasai
ⓘ
surface form:
Masai
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| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| knownFor |
building the Toronto Raptors into an NBA championship team
ⓘ
developing basketball in Africa ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| league | National Basketball Association ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Toronto Raptors
ⓘ
surface form:
Toronto Raptors front office
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| notableEvent | led Toronto Raptors to 2019 NBA championship ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the first African-born NBA general manager ⓘ |
| notableTransaction |
trade for Kawhi Leonard to the Toronto Raptors
ⓘ
trade of DeMar DeRozan from the Toronto Raptors ⓘ |
| notableWork | Giants of Africa youth basketball program ⓘ |
| occupation |
basketball executive
ⓘ
general manager ⓘ team president ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria ⓘ |
| playedFor | European lower-division basketball clubs ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
general manager of the Denver Nuggets
ⓘ
president of basketball operations of the Toronto Raptors ⓘ |
| residence |
Toronto
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surface form:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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| sport | basketball ⓘ |
| teamBuilt |
Toronto Raptors
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surface form:
2018–19 Toronto Raptors NBA championship team
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| workLocation | Toronto ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Masai Michael Ujiri