MLSE CEO provides reasoning for firing Masai Ujiri

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MLSE CEO Keith Pelley spoke to media Friday afternoon after the announcement that Masai Ujiri was out.

After the announcement broke that Masai Ujiri and the Toronto Raptors had parted ways, MLSE (the company that owns the Raptors, Maple Leafs, Argonauts, and TFC) made their CEO, Keith Pelley, available. It was a strange, solemn event, and as much as Pelley was trying to keep it fairly light/transactional, it was hard to get past the haze of discomfort that was palpable.