The Dallas Mavericks are hiring former Toronto Raptors front office executive Masai Ujiri as the team’s new team president and alternate governor, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania.
BREAKING: The Dallas Mavericks are hiring Masai Ujiri as the franchise's new Team President and Alternate Governor, sources tell me and @BannedMacMahon. Ujiri ran the Toronto Raptors from 2013 to 2025, serving as the architect of the 2019 NBA championship team. pic.twitter.com/ZsRwzwWHDt
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) May 4, 2026
Ujiri spent 12 years in the front office of with the Raptors, parting ways with the organization following the 2025 NBA Draft.
Ujiri became the Denver Nuggets general manager and executive vice-president in charge of basketball operations in 2010, making him the first African GM in major American sports. He was named the NBA Executive of the Year in 2013.
Later that year, Ujiri signed on as GM of the Raptors, getting promoted to team president in 2016 and building the roster that won the 2019 NBA championship.
In March of this year, Ujiri joined the ownership group of the WNBA’s Toronto Tempo alongside Maple Leaf Sport & Entertainment board member Larry Tanenbaum, tennis superstar Serena Williams, and Montreal Canadiens owner Geoff Molson, among others.
