Masai Ujiri

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.

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Name (English)

Masai Ujiri

Name (Japanese)

マサイ・ウジリ

Reading

まさい・うじり

Born

July 7, 1970 (age 56)

Origin

Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria

Height

193 cm

Occupation

basketball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Dog

High school

Nathan Hale High School

University

Bismarck State College

Awards & achievements

• 2013 NBA Executive of the Year Award

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masai%20Ujiri
• 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
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1906701

Tags

• Kaduna State
• basketball player

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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