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Masai Ujiri

マサイ・ウジリ　/　まさい・うじり

Basketball player from Nigeria

July 7, 1970 (age 55)　・　Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria

Kaduna State
basketball player

My Take

Masai Ujiri fascinates me precisely because his triumph happened off the court. Raised in Zaria, Nigeria, then climbing to the very top of an American institution as a basketball executive, he won Executive of the Year in 2013 for something invisible to fans: judgment, eye for talent, the nerve to build a winner. I admire that the loudest part of basketball, the scoring, isn't where he made his mark at all. As an African-born leader who opened doors others now walk through, his real legacy feels bigger than any single trade or trophy he engineered behind the scenes.

Overview

Michael Masai Ujiri (born July 7, 1970) is a Canadian professional basketball executive and former player who is the president of the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Ujiri was born in the United Kingdom to Nigerian and Kenyan parents and was raised in Nigeria.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Masai Ujiri
Name (Japanese): マサイ・ウジリ
Reading: まさい・うじり
Born: July 7, 1970 (age 55)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Cancer / Dog
Origin: Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria
Blood type: Private
Height: 76 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: basketball player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Nathan Hale High School
University: Bismarck State College

Awards & achievements

2013 NBA Executive of the Year Award

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%B8%E3%83%AA

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