BREAKING: Masai Ujiri FIRED… Absolutely SHOCKING Raptors Update
falling out on the ride champions rise shadows they fade each slew of winds history made from the bench to the stars gains electric infinite charge echo of the past future so bright rap history diamond in the light ladies heartbeat dying escape bound in this war escape we stand unless digestion ignites from the north we bring the might for the pride so we now shine the light hello everybody Ben Rogers here the Raptors Digest reacting to probably the most shocking Toronto Raptors update since the morning we traded for Kawhi Leonard i do not take that lightly i do not take I’ve been known to be hyperbolic i’m a I’m aware to you know my fandom as a Raptors fan i’m aware to to how I feel about the team and overzealous I can be and all this stuff this is not a hyperbole this is not any I wish I wish this was a trick i wish Shams it was the NBA Sentinel i wish I was reacting to that here today the Toronto Raptors just fired a man that brought us an NBA championship i don’t care if you aren’t happy with some of the moves he made i don’t care if you’re not happy with some of the draft picks that we made because you know what he didn’t make those draft picks it was all Bobby Webster this was before the NBA draft we have some details coming out about the specifics in terms of this firing in terms of what the Toronto Raptors plans are next and while I’m not going to be a doomer out here on this stream I’m not going to come out here and say the team is cooked and we’re all going to be you know Edward Rogers about to tank away this entire franchise’s future because we have some details it seems like there was at least more of a plan in place than what was indicated this morning by these couple of Sham’s tweets so we’ll break all that down but this is a bad day from Toronto Raptors history i will not there i’ve been roasted i’ve been called a Messiah Jerry Glazer out there on Twitter especially with the draft picks especially with the selections and all this type of stuff some of the questionable reports and motives and moves that the Raptors have been in talks with over the past month are now put in a different light in a different context in a different sort of frame of reference now with all of these updates so we have a lot of stuff to sink our teeth into on this stream appreciate all 400 of you guys tuned into here let’s jump straight into it because Shams dropped the bombshell today messiah Jerry is out as chairman and president of the Toronto Raptors messiah Jerry is out as president of the Toronto Raptors so went on to say MLSC and Messiah Jerry have decided to part ways as URI was entering the final year of his contract so that’s the report that’s where it’s coming from so you know it’s not uh what’s it called i’m not coming out here and spewing some stuff shams came out and revealed that Messiah Juri has been fired as part of ways with the Tor with the Toronto Raptors and MLS so first things first what’s the context here before we talk about the Raptors plans and the news that has come out regarding the Toronto Raptors plans where we go from here first I want to thank Messiah Jerry this man again the last couple years have been tough with the tanks and all that but the Raptors even and we’ll talk about the lows first even with the losing even with the inability for the lottery balls to fall the right way and we couldn’t capture a flag over this season the Toronto Raptors are set up in a perfect perfect way moving forward we have a ton of young depth we have a ton of young guys i’m not sure how good we’re going to be immediately next year but the Raptors have a ton of young promising assets all of our draft picks a deep deep bench here now at this point the Raptors are in a really really nice spot as constructed by Messiah yes it took a lot of losing to get us in that construction yes there were some shaky trades and weird decisions made in terms of getting us to that point but regardless the Toronto Raptors are in a really really good spot here right now but that’s not Messiah Jur’s legacy with the Toronto Raptors it could be you know if Bobby Webster of course carries the mantle and brings us another championship that’s the goal that’s the plan messiah Jiri’s legacy is going to be taking a team a franchise an organization that was utterly cooked utterly cooked barnani’s on the roster with an untradeable contract you were running Rudy Gay out there in lineups trading Eddie D and Jose Caldron for Eddie D all that type of stuff msi immediately right from the jump turns that cooked organization that cooked team into a playoff team trading bars to the New York Knicks getting back no back in a pick that became Yaka Purlea making a deal for Rudy Gay to acquire Gravis Vasquez Patrick Patterson Chuck Hayes and John Salman’s and as infuriating as John Salman’s was to watch Dwayne Casey play him out with their playoff minutes this Raptors team became a top four seed and for nearly a decade led by Kyle Lowry Demar Rose and a roster that wasn’t supposed to work this team became one of the most consistent one of the top performing teams in the Eastern Conference for essentially the entire 2010s while Messiah Jerry was there that group reached its ceiling it reached its cap and Messiah Jerry made the absolute impossible decision of trading away Devarda Rosen for a guy Kawhai Leonard that you know didn’t want to be here he didn’t want to come to Ken he wanted to play in LA he made that tough call he made that tough decision an more underrated tough decision that year he traded for Marcus for Jonas Valinis and he brought us a championship he brought us a championship here in Toronto he said we were going to win again and we fired him and that is absolutely absurd edward Rogers edward Rogers so here’s the details because I know people are probably wondering this is catching a lot of people by surprise what just happened with this Toronto Raptor organization and I see a lot of people in the chat i see a lot of people in the chat we’re going to be getting back and forth but we’ll dive into the details here right now in terms of what is going on with the actual truth behind this fire the Toronto Raptors ownership completely changed officially this season as Edward Rogers came into the mix as essentially the the sport zar in Toronto he controls the stake out there in MLSC bell there had their shares all bought out larry Tannerbomb’s influence was diminished and now the man that really has had the Blue Jays in an interesting spot for nearly a decade he is running the show now for the Toronto Raptors and back in 2021 now people said I was a doomer people said “Ben you’re overreacting nothing’s going to happen.” Whatever i feared this midway through this season i feared it i made videos i talked about it edward Rogers being the owner despite the absolutely insane phone bill prices across Canada we have one of the most expensive phone bill plans in all of the developed world despite Rogers making money head over hand over fist he’s cheap he’s cheap and he didn’t want to pay Messiah Jerry after he brought us a championship now I know there’s going to be some people in the chat i know there’s going to be some people the draft picks are stupid the tra the tra train trading for Jakob was stupid whatever whatever people are going to make those arguments and I’m not saying you’re you’re an idiot or anything like that making those takes i disagree but Messiah hasn’t been perfect over the past two seasons no one can argue that Messiah Jerry was basically perfect when he was up for his next contract years ago he basically was he like in terms of moves the Bruno Kaboklo was a misstep the Demari Carol ended up being a misfire but a lot of that had to do with injuries up until 2020 Messiah Jerry was on the money with pretty well every single decision he made i mean Red Rogers didn’t want to pay him he didn’t want to pay him so now we’re at a point where again you’re not going to have a 100% batting average over the course of your entire career you’re not going to have it it’s it’s just the reality a couple missteps a couple this Edward Rogers jumped at the first chance he could to get rid of Messiah Jerry because he’s well paid he’s expensive you have a top five front office executive in your organization NBA i don’t think that’s arguable i think there’s a solid argument there for top three for Messiah Juri if you look at the complete body of work okay but I’m saying it’s inarguable Messiah Juri is a top five executive out there in the NBA you have one of these guys they’re going to be expensive when Messiah Jerry’s contract was up last time it wasn’t just every single other NBA team the Knicks wanted him the Hawks wanted him i wouldn’t be shocked if the Atlanta Hawks fire their GM and whatever and do that and the Hawks have been cooking as of late the Hawks have been absolutely cooking as of late so he’s expensive that is what it is at the first chance earlier than the first chance his contract’s not even up as Shams broke down as Shams illustrated this report there’s a year left on his deal literally the first chance possible despite miss playing koi out there in the the media and the markets and stuff saying hey no the relationship with ownership is good everything is fine everything is swell everything is great the first opportunity jury’s thrown out he’s thrown out and it makes absolutely zero sense the timing because we knew this was a possibility and Blake Murphy essentially put this out as well we made videos on the channel as well it was always a possibility one year left in ownership and all that type of stuff the timing doesn’t make any sense mjad is saying change your last name i got to become more rich than Edward Rogers i got to become more rich than Edward Rogers so I can buy this team they can keep it named the Rogers Center and stuff you know Digest Media will be bigger than Rogers Communications and I can buy the Toronto Raptors so we don’t have stupid decisions like this i’m not saying that I’ll be you know I’m some I know I’m a homer i am biased i objectively would be a bad general manager out there in the NBA i’ve come to terms with that for years it’s why I don’t sports bet i am an open homer i just get enamored with my team i fall in love with it and it affects the you know the the rationality of my takes i’m open about it it’s how I am as a sports fan it’s how I enjoy sports if we’re treating sports like what’s it called if we’re treating it like math as a computer science you know software engineer I’m not trying to have my sports done like a what’s it called a math equation stuff i fall in love with players you watch them you you fall in love with the guys and you got to be a little bit biased if you’re not doing that I don’t think you’re a real sports fan but I digress i’d be a bad GM i think I’d be a good owner though i wouldn’t try to meddle i wouldn’t come in and fire Messiah Jerry edward Rogers okay so Edward Rogers comes in and fires Messiah Jerry at the first chance he gets the first chance not being able to get ahead because it was Larry Tanner the guy that had the tight relationship with Messiah Jerry it was Larry Tannerbomb that essentially made sure Messiah Jerry got paid on his last contract okay that’s what happened you know and when Tatoshi there was a lot of stuff going on there was a lot of weird underhanded comments there was a lot of weird innuendos by some of the comments made by Edward Rogers back in the day so it wasn’t a sweet relationship now the contract happened both people came out publicly were mature about it and it seemed like okay things will be fine it’ll be a bit tumultuous it’ll be a bit whatever then this happens edward Rogers as soon as he gets that power he’s reshaping the team and his vision he wanted Bobby Webster to run the show back then he was the orchestrator behind the Kawhi Leonard trade messiah Jury obviously green lit it you know made that final call but apparently a lot of the negotiation was done by Bobby Webster and landing Kawhi Leonard is really the thing that put Bobby Webster out there on the map for the Toronto Raptors okay so the Toronto Raptors now have a really interesting spot to be now I did a whole video I did and Ma Marcel of Mavericks Digest we’re going to get into that because that that really reshapes reframes how we’re looking at this entire off season okay so what’s next because firstly Edward Rogers loves Bobby Webster he loves Bobby Webster so for as concerning as it is as concerning as it is that Messiah Jury’s gone we have a bit of a tyrant as an owner we’ll talk about the roster construction what’s going to happen with this team okay okay even with Edward Rogers coming in here the saving grace to this is Bobby Webster is still the GM of the Toronto Raptors i’m not sure if he’s going to get a title change i don’t know if it’s going to be a difference but Bobby Webster is still managing the Toronto Raptors and this is where I’m looking at the chat okay I see About Time saying CMBB may have been the final straw i see some people saying “Hey the casuals out there calling for Messiah’s head after this NBA draft.” Yo that’s the reason Edward Rogers yo is the final straw in terms of the Raptors making the moves that was not the case there’s limited reporting coming out on this there’s going to be more and more details coming out in terms of what’s happening here right now messiah Jerry was not involved in the draft day decisions this year or at least he didn’t lead the show so it’s not a report it’s this there’s a report brett Seagull came out and confirmed Bobby Webster led the Toronto Raptors draft efforts this week sources told Clutch Points a decision to part ways with Messiah Jerry was not an influence of the NBA draft so people saying “Hey the Malawatch deal was an L edward Rogers didn’t want CMBB cnb’s traded cheds traded all these guys elijah Martin was the last straw all that type of stuff it’s not like irrational to think that but it’s not what happened it’s not what happened so the people that weren’t happy with these picks blame Bobby Webster now I think these picks were good i think these picks were pretty solid but for all the people that were shocked the Toronto Raptors did not draft Cobb in Battlewatch because that screams to be a pick that would have been made by Messiah Jerry messiah we’re probably right if Messiah was leading the show if Messiah was really the guy running this stuff Common Malwatch would probably be a Toronto Raptor there were reports about a month ago that Colin Malwatch had a promise from the Toronto Raptors we covered that on the channel if he fell to number nine he’d be drafted by the Toronto Raptors and we didn’t draft him we didn’t draft him that was really surprising i don’t think it was wrong it might have been wrong but I’m not going to sit here and judge this right away i think CMBB is really good colin Murray Boils is really good at basketball watching his tape watching everything that’s come out on Colin Murray Boils I think that was a solid draft pick so do not get me wrong but people wanting to blame Messiah Jerry out there with this pick now I’m sure a lot of the decision-making I’m sure a lot of sorry the scouting like the reports that are done out through the entire year Messiah Jerry without a doubt had influence on this it’s irrational to believe that that wasn’t the case okay this report coming out and saying oh this that whatever it’s irrational to say beside your had no hand in this the draft picks but he didn’t lead it this wasn’t something that was an impulse decision which is good okay as much as like we all hate this as much as you know Messiah Jerry leaving is going to be bad for the future at least it wasn’t like hey Messiah Jerry coming to the most important one of the most important drafts in Toronto Raptors history just given the timelines matching up just given the pick that we had given the inflection point we’re at with this organization it’s a good thing that we didn’t come out and essentially like fire him right away like make that decision it’s bold though it’s bold one year left of the deal it is bold and this sheds some light into a lot of what’s been going on this off season because the reports have come out the Raptors have always been interested in landing bigname players have always been interested in making big moves and making big swings and turning this team into a competitive squad and all of those types of things but the truth is given the current state of the Toronto Raptors and yes I think we are going to be a lot better next season i don’t think we are going to be overtly tanking next year but trading away a lot of assets draft picks this that and whatnot for a guy like Kevin Durant for the big fish you know all the reports that’s coming out all of this different stuff it felt a bit out of character for Messiah Jerry it felt a bit out of character for Messiah Jerry the reported offerings some of the way we’re acting it felt rushed it felt like we should see what we have and it’s why I’ve been pretty adamant on not trading guard again you get a star that’s fine that’s fine okay you get a star that’s fine but you know if we rush into a deal for Damontis a bonus or something like that doesn’t make any sense for this organization so the fact that there’s a bunch of discourse even like a Derrick White like trading a bunch of assets for Derrick White doesn’t really make sense i agree we are not tanking this year but it felt like things were moving a little bit too fast in terms of things that were probably the Brandon Ingram trade now I think the Brand Ingram trade was an opportunity that you couldn’t pass up i think it was a good move i think it was a smart move and all of that type of stuff but it felt rushed and now the direction of this Toronto Raptors team in the offseason we are going to have to see what’s playing out because the Raptors were very very aggressive over this entire summer over this entire off seasonason since the Raptors have been out like the Raptors have been very very aggressive and it makes sense as to why because Messiah Jerry job Messiah Jur’s job is on the line i mean if we trade for Kevin Durant he doesn’t get fired I’d imagine right that’s kind of what’s what’s going on okay this just screams to me it’s a cost cutting move we don’t want to pay Messiah Jur on his next contract that’s really what this comes down to and Keith Py and all these guys the new ownership out there at MLC they’ve talked a big game about the Raptors about all these squads being better trying to trying to win trying to be in a position where this team is going to get this and we end up making a cost cutting move of one of the most valuable assets that we have in this organization i don’t care the hate i don’t care the what’s it called messiah Jerry is one of the most valuable assets in our organization hell we could have traded Messiah if Doc Rivers can get traded from the Celtics to go to the LA Clippers we could have got two first round picks from the Atlanta Hawks to send him there we could have sent him to the Knicks and they would have dropped our lawsuit we could have got something for Messiah i mean Edward Rogers gets on the phone starts negotiating and stuff like that like oh my god and Ross Atkins is still running the Toronto Blue Jays what’s going on here it’s baffling it is baffling that this is what this is what actually went down so where does this team go from here because Bobby Webster’s led the rebuild what do we know about Bobby Webster we know Bobby Webster was the architect of the Kawhi Leonard trade he does a lot of the negotiations he does a lot of this stuff in terms of making big swings making big stuff but one thing I do want to bring up one thing I do need to talk about okay I tweeted this literally right before right before anything that uh that that just went down okay I tweeted this right before but Shams has been doubling he has been tripling down on his reporting and a lot of people shot down earlier in the summer shams has been doubling and tripling down on one guy that is extremely extremely important the history of Toronto Raptors follow me on Twitter follow Raptors Digest on Twitter right now 800 people in here follow us on Twitter if you don’t want to miss a single thing going on with this Raptor team even though I cover all on YouTube too shams dropped this this morning before dropping the Giannis on before dropping the Messiah Jerry bombshell giannis is closely observing what the Bucks draft uh observing the Milwaukee Bucks draft here tonight and then free agency next week i’ll repeat Giannis is closely observing what the Bucks draft here tonight and then free agency next week now Giannis Watch was a big moment was a big thing out there in uh in Toronto Raptors history giannis Watch has been a big big thing over the course of Toronto Raptors history and there’s one specific thing as to why okay there’s one specific reason as to why Johannes Watch is uh late to the trials it’s Giannis’ relationship with Messiah Jerry and if this summer is the summer after nearly a decade of wanting Giannis on the Toronto Raptors if this is the summer that Giannis onto Dumbo becomes available if this is the summer that he leaves the Milwaukee Bucks and then Edward Rogers has the audacity has the gall to come out here and fire Messiah Jerry right before we have the opportunity to land Giannis onto Tumbo sickening sickening now I’m not going to say Bobby Webster won’t do his full push won’t do his full you know full tilt pursuit of landing a Giannis don’t get me wrong i think we are in fully capable hands with Bobby Webster assuming there’s no meddling assuming there’s no this okay but if Giannis gets traded to the Brooklyn Nets or something stupid like this this off season that will be the most generational the most absurd the most idiotic trade like like move decision out there at this point in NBA history cooked cooked is Bobby out is Bobby out i’m seeing the chat the first thing that I want to say the first thing that I want to uh ask yes or no do you agree with this decision by by Rogers not me i’m not related to Edward Rogers despite the fact I also own a media company it’s not like some longlost relative i’m not related to him at all but yes or no spam it in the chat here right now about whether or not the Toronto Raptors like should like should should have done this should have done this as I deliver some breaking news as I add it here i want to see what the chat has to say okay i want to see the chat has to say about some of the stuff that’s uh that’s that’s what’s going on okay okay let’s see lots of nos there’s a few yeses in here there’s a few yeses in here but we do have an update we do have an update for this team okay it’s official i assumed it was official just given this report that came out from uh from Let’s see let’s get this correct let’s get this Let’s get this organized but we have some breaking news folks some breaking news this is a very fluid situation as you guys know this is a very fluid situation the situation is fluid okay we have some news we have some news i’m I’m pressing the wrong buttons we have some breaking news i’m teasing everyone coming from Michael Graange coming from Michael Graange my understanding is general manager Bobby Webster has reached an extension with the Toronto Raptors in the weeks before UI leaving the club was announced today the rest of the management team has already gotten extensions prior to the NBA combine in May so this is not an overhaul this is not an overhaul folks this is not a a official hey we’re tearing this down and we’re going to bring in Joe Dumars or something we’re gonna come out here and just bring in someone silly out there at this point okay this is not some complete overhaul from this organization so that’s at least a W that’s at least a W okay this was in the works this is in the works this is planned this is This is what’s happening okay W or L in the chat here right now w or L in the chat are you happy with this move are you happy with this move okay are you happy with this move with Bobby Webster coming in not the Messiah Jerry Fiery but Bobby Webster getting extended yes or no are you happy with this okay we have this and we have a super chat coming in from code to resto $5 super chat saying “Don’t worry Edward Rogers has a deal with silver we’re getting the first pick next year.” And Cody Resto I appreciate the super chat i am praying you are correct i am praying you are correct that we get apparently the draft is supposed to be absolutely on fire next season hopefully Messiah Jerry goes to the Lakers and Messiah Jerry goes to the Lakers and in reward the Toronto Raptors get the number one overall pick in next year’s NBA draft okay that’s what I’m saying now the majority of people the majority of people from what I’m gathering out here in the chat are saying “Okay the Toronto Raptors it’s a bad move to fire MSU.” That’s what people are saying out here in the chat okay but Bobby Webster it’s a split decision it’s a split decision in terms of how people are feeling in regards to Bobby Webster so happy for Bobby but yeah that’s kind of where a lot of people are at that’s kind of where people are at why is this man who owns the team doesn’t Drake have a say in this drake does not have a say in this what’s going on the fantasy basketball chat what’s happen the Raptors Digest Fantasy League whatever’s going on okay there’s a lot of stuff happening here now at this point there is a lot of stuff happening holy smokes okay so Bobby Webster is going to be the GM of the Toronto Raptors everyone is still in place okay everyone is still in place we have a presser coming from Keith P later today in terms of everything that’s going on with this team it’s confirmed by Brett Seagull it’s confirmed by a lot of people that is shocking that is absolutely shocking so the question is now all right I’m just scanning Twitter to see if we catch any breaking news how much does Roger stock drop by now at this point how much does Roger stock drop at this point Canadians are not going to be paying are not going to be going with Rogers here now but we have Bobby Webster so the true question is okay where do the Raptors go from here because it’s not going to be Giannis with Giannis B with Euguri out okay even if we have an opportunity soon I don’t know if he go to the team that sned Messiah Jerry keith Ple is the president of basketball and hockey operations if is going to be out there making moves making this making that that’s not going to be good for this Toronto Raptor team it’s not going to be good for this organization so where do we go objectively I’m hoping the Tron Raptors don’t do This isn’t This isn’t big news okay this isn’t big news i hope the Raptors don’t do anything stupid and Rio Mc real Mcloven is saying this pretty good okay he’s saying this pretty good what happened to Big Fish i think the big fish was a product of Messiah Jerry trying to save his job i think the big fish was Messiah Jerry trying to save his job and we could have had a disaster class trade that’s what this screams to me if ownership is going to start meddling in things which apparently I think Keith Pelle again people are going to be trashing on this decision trashing on all this stuff as long as Edward Rogers doesn’t get involved in the basketball decisions Keith Py doesn’t get involved in the basketball decisions it’s Bobby Webster making these moves I think we’ll be fine i don’t think we’re going back to the Brian Kangelo era and and doing all this stuff okay i don’t think that’s what’s going to happen for the future of this Raptors organization i don’t think that’s what’s going to go down but the one concern I have about this is and this is what we should be concerned about because I know people are split and we’ll we’ll really get to see okay we’ll get to see what Messiah Jerry’s able to do we’ll get to see or sorry we’ll get to see what Bobby Webster’s able to do it’s tough to judge Bobby Webster now just beat on his own it’s tough to really judge Bobby Webster because he’s been there with Messiah but by all accounts he’s a great negotiator he’s one of the be best up and coming executives out there in the NBA as he should he’s underststudied a Messiah jury the one area where this gets messy is Bobby Webster does not have the same cache Messiah Jerry did with ownership being the president of basketball operations VP all that stuff having a tight relationship with Larry Tannibal okay Messiah Jerry had the ability to do what he wants and even if Edward Rogers were to throw in some stupid plan like you know what’s it called like uh the the owner of the Knicks my brain is blanking james Dolan would do eugi could go to Tanib and have some say out there in the board with Rogers getting more power over the last year messiah Jerry of course being a more established executive with the cache of winning a championship and the tight relationship with Larry Tannibal messiah could push back and even if Bobby B Webster is really smart even if he knows what moves should be made for this Toronto Raptor team even if that’s the case it’s going to be tough to come out and make sure this team you know is fighting back against that it doesn’t make sense it doesn’t make sense it doesn’t make sense about time they hired Charles Barkley charles Barkley couldn’t name anyone nba there are a lot of teams that are going to be interested in uh in acquiring Messiah some people are saying Atlanta atlanta’s a new GM right now and frankly the Atlanta Hawks over the past year have absolutely cooked and reconstructed their roster so I’d be surprised if they made such a big swing even though Messiah Jerry is great shocking shocking turn of events here this morning and I guess I I guess all of our expectations all the news everything that’s been coming out it’s changing bobby Webster’s the GM david Mackin that’s true that’s a good point like that’s what I’m saying it’s tough to judge how good Bobby Webster here is right now because they’ve been a unit right bobby Webster he led the draft efforts people were assuming Messiah Jury led the draft efforts now a sign of not drafting common malwatch could have given some uh some updates this is some news as well and crazy and 20 saying this but I’ve heard this before as well but an executive from another team recently said that Yuji who built a championship team at Toronto has higher aspirations than running a team instead is focused on charity and political stuff so that’s that okay who knows maybe the reports are going to come out and Nico Harrison ends up being a being a a Toronto Raptors executive maybe that’s what’s going to happen absolutely shocking but I appreciate all the 670 people in here make sure you guys hit that subscribe button folks you’re one of the 676 people and haven’t hit the subscribe button just yet we’re on that push for 40,000 subscribers so you know we’ll be covering it all you know we want to be the first in all the news and getting that stuff going but Keith Pelle is speaking at 1 Eastern so 2:30 my time so we’ll be reacting to that without a doubt we’ll be seeing what updates what changes have come out out there at this point but it’s about to be a really really shocking stretch of time for this Raptors team and maybe Messiah was holding back the big fish swing because this news these reports really came out essentially like the past few weeks the Toronto Raptors trying to be in that push trying to be in that mix for you know these big swings and stuff it seems like Bobby Webster’s been running the show the past few weeks so all these KD rumors all these KD reports all of that may have been Bobby Webster you don’t not exist anymore stay here all day i’ll be around we’ll be spamming oh my god i I pushed back i had like four meetings today i had four meetings today i I was cooking up some vids on our two-way prospects i was cooking up some vids cuz we got like another DPI out there at the as a two-way contract should go Zarki n I really like I really like who we got elijah Elijah Martin i think he was a really really nice acquisition the baffling absolutely baffling by the Toronto Raptors absolutely baffling decision move let’s see is there any new breaking news okay a lot of people are a lot of people are fired up here right now as they should be as they should be okay okay so Keith Py speaking out and some updates we didn’t draft Ryan Nimhard he’s he’s gone to the the Dallas Mavericks nico Harrison getting some praise from Shams just an absolutely shocking turn of events where do you think the Raptors go from here chat N do you think trades happen do you think we make a big free agent signing what do we think what do we think out here for this team what are we thinking is going on here with this squad absolutely insane absolutely insane move yeah Bobby got the job bobby’s extended okay Bobby is extended business as usual we’ll see we’ll see how things play out i think we need talent ovo Chapen i think we we need talent trades incoming we’ll see how it all plays out i’ll be breaking it all down here in Raptor Digest again you’re probably part of the 600 people here hit that subscribe button it means the world to me i’m plugging some stuff you’ve been tuning into the videos if you’ve been tuning into the videos of late we’re cranking up the Twitter a ton so follow us over there spotify we’re we’re you listen to Raptor’s Digest on the go check us out on Spotify you can listen to all of our videos out there on uh on that and as well as like the videos go up on Spotify as well so you can check all that but the Raptors will be fine we’ll be fine bobby Webster can do the job but I appreciate everyone it’s been an absolutely hectic week in Toronto Raptor land my voice is gone my throat is gone but that’s not going to stop that’s not going to stop and I had a video drop right before the stream i wanted to go live live i wanted to get a video out as well check out that video after this one 600 people in here check out that video leave a comment on that video if you’re from the stream if you’re an OG here you know if you’re one of the streaming crew leave a comment on that video all right give that video a watch give it a breakdown leave a comment i’ll reply to them all and we’ll know we’ll know if you’re from the stream leave a comment on that video all right check that out because that’s up there right now i’ll probably be live again tonight i might try to get work some callings in we got a lot of stuff planned but check out the video that is up there on the channel there right now and uh essentially leave a comment there lots of videos coming out this afternoon probably we’ll see probably we’ll see uh another stream tonight tomorrow danny what executive you see for this job and Bobby Webster bobby Webster is going to be running this team and Dan Tolson’s going to have an elevator role that’s That’s what’s happening with the squad but check out that video leave a comment and uh I’ll make sure to like all that but I’m baffled i’m baffled anyways you guys the best i’m signing out cheers night from the north we bring the might join me for the pride subscribe to the rappers digest it’s good for you champions rise shadows they fade
The Raptors just fired Masai Ujiri. Ben Rogers breaks down the truth behind the Raptors move and what it means for the team.
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23 Comments
Ed Rogers thinks Masai is "cocky" but doesn't have the same issue with his friend Donald Trump….
For someone who covers the raptors daily, this guy is surprised? 😂 bro these reports that masai could be fired has been going on for 2 years. Stop it bro, can't do this job by being a homer 😂 how are you so surprised lmao, and he apparently covers the raptors 😂
Nooooo…💔😭😭 I love and believe in Masai. I'm thankful and have great respect for Larry Tanenbaum. Masai is more Canadian than Edward Rogers. Now, I can all out boycott Rogers and sorry Raptors..I will focus on rooting for the Knicks, Rockets, Pacers and Shai's Thunder💪🇨🇦
It makes a lot of sense.
Massi could have drafted anyone other than Boyles and we would have been better of.
I will say it now drafting Boyles was a hugh mistake and I only started following Basketbal a few years ago before the Raptors Championship.
Raptors have entered Harold Ballard type era. Raptors may never see another championship again.
Everyone needs to cancel Rogers Subscriptions/phones/internet/etc. Everything from Rogers. Their network sucks anyways. It always has outages.
This says Massai had been hamstrung to do what he wanted… Makes sense why we took CMB and not our C… Welcome to the start of 30 years of loosing while corporate buys all the seats like the Leafs..😢😢
Raptors are done. Sadly. Building a great team takes time to build…years. Masai had that vision and the unique understanding to know when to pull the trigger and take a risk on Kawhi. Terrible decision that the raps will pay for for years.
Man, I see a lot of people here treating Madai like a god. Yes, he brought us a championship. I'm grateful for that but after the championship he has done nothing. His focused was Giants of Africa. He has been making bad decisions after bad decision after bad decisions for the past three seasons. Let's call it how it is. This man lost his magic a long time ago
What a disgrace. I'm sure Kawhi Leonard knows all about it. As Nav Bhatia put it, this shock is long overdue—and frankly, I hope this guy faces the consequences he deserves.
No
Definitely no Giannis now
Teddy Junior got his way – Masai has more basketball knowledge in his little finger than the entire ROGERS "brain trust" combined. Beyond maddening – a SAD day for our team.
Rogers wouldn't give a toss about what the Raptors fans said. He rips them off with his phone plans.
The two draft picks cooked Masai. CMB literally ended Masai's job. MLE said why you waste two picks. Broke the camels back. CMB will be dealt.
The draft had everything to do with it. This was an excuse by MLE.
Maybe Masai was fired because of the Knicks digest guy.
Not shocking at all. MLSE finally got rid of him.
There are players Raptors were going to get just because of Masai. Watch this franchise turn into unseasoned mayonnaise
Ujiri overstayed….he needed the confidence to move on and do more ..and do greater things with his talent…I never understand why he didn’t moved on when he was on the high….but it is good for raps……he made a ton of mistake in the last few years …to the point where he was guessing not thinking….
Ujiri has a cult flowing by some fans ..they think he should be here forever…..come on men …..everything changes ..every player , every coach, dam even the swifter guy move on except for ujiri …..lol
48 hours too late for fusk sakes. Tank all year and draft a 6’6” “big man” who cannot throw the ball in the ocean and doesn’t even want to be on the team. Real smart. And you seriously believe he wasn’t pulling the strings on the draft choices huh 🙄.
Congratulations to the Toronto Raptors organization. You guys have played yourselves, dumbdumb. This is the worst decision in the history of the NBA.🤔 Another organization couldn't have duplicated this move even if they tried their best.