NBA President Stokes Africa's Hoop Dreams | Power Players

Toronto Raptors President Masai Ujiri leads the only non-US team in the National Basketball Association, and he's spearheading an effort to take the game global.
On this episode of Power Players, Toronto Raptors President Masai Ujiri explains how sports can be a tool of economic development.
Africa has produced some of the National Basketball Association’s biggest stars, past and present-from Hakeem Olajuwon to Joel Embiid and many more in between.
With the game globally more popular than ever, one of the league’s most successful executives sees potential for a bigger play: Using basketball to accelerate economic development in Africa. “Maybe the best thing I ever discovered that helped me in my career was the confidence in the continent, and the confidence in the talent in the continent,” Toronto Raptors President Masai Ujiri says in the latest episode of Power Players. “And if we grew the game, the spotlight will start to come to this continent.”
Read more on Bloomberg.com. Basketball’s Global Statesman Has Big Plans for Africa: www.bloomberg....
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[@sibomanaemmanuel1831]

Love this man from Rwanda 🇷🇼❤️

[@romanewilliams9563]

This is all Masai’s doing. He should get the credit!! Africa basketball is very grateful.

[@Justfrank_0]

man I love Masai. Inspirational

[@FrancisSiuChock]

Interviewer says 'you're not sort of a big wig in the NBA'. Dude, Masai is the Vice-Chairman to Larry Tanenbaum, Chairman of the NBA Board of Governors...

[@NileGoddess]

lol he did not do his homework

[@aaroncmumba8568]

When I heard that statement I came straight to the comments section to see if someone else picked that. Such an insensitive statement

[@Sweegdeddy]

That was an insane thing to say 😭

[@AkinolaAdeyemi-pu6vq]

Massai Ujiri. A Giant in deeds❤

[@neekznf]

Masai Ujiri is an inspiration!!!

[@Slime-s5p]

Thank you Masayi Ujiri ❤❤❤

[@dabereogbuishi7533]

A well-balanced report. Thank you

[@sibomanaemmanuel1831]

Vive Rwanda 🇷🇼 and Kenya 🇰🇪❤

[@regisking3857]

Africa need more Ujiri's, well done the giant of Africa

[@laurendamos6651]

The world needs more Ujiri's.

[@soundsoflife808]

So Inspirational! Keep going Masai

[@urbanstrencan]

So inspirational, we really see Africa just as a poor continent but do not know what talents come from Africa, what great video showing this :)

[@Eniola0ne]

Africa is not a poor Continents. Africa is the richest continent. Africa is a poor continent, a slogan of Western racists.

[@sibomanaemmanuel1831]

Vive Rwanda 🇷🇼❤️

[@martinsgates1141]

We will always take all Africans on this journey no matter how much you hate us.

[@vmunit2931]

Bless you Tim Leiweke for bringing Masai back to TO.

[@Veggamattic]

He is insanely overrated.

[@vmunit2931]

@@Veggamattic TL or MU?

[@Veggamattic]

@@vmunit2931 Ujiri.

[@vmunit2931]

@@Veggamattic I doubt we get Kawhi without MU. Without Kawhi we don't get 2019 championship. Gotta give him credit for that.

[@JP-cc6yn]

Excellent piece

[@FloydPhillipsII]

Powerful! Makes me very excited for the future of the continent...

[@mathewomolo]

I like people who get things done.

[@thekingofafrican7771]

Let,s go Afrika, Respekt the uncle 💪🏿

[@eric_kariuki5275]

I see the wrist band rep 254🇰🇪💯

[@NileGoddess]

His mother is Kenyan father Nigerian

[@sibomanaemmanuel1831]

ViVe Africa 🌍💥❤🇷🇼🇷🇼🇷🇼

[@jointvrwanda250]

My Country ❤

[@AndreInThe416]

Improving the Raptors should be top priority.

[@6ixAdemiks]

hes improving africa.. hes onto better and bigger things

[@Justfrank_0]

One word for you. Patience

[@AndreInThe416]

@@Justfrank_0 most fans are patient especially with so many choices in sports entertainment. Let's deal in the actual reality here.

[@kemperthornberry4686]

I knew there was going to be some worm finding a way to hate on this. I am a lifelong Raptors fan and you are so sad to me!

[@AndreInThe416]

@@kemperthornberry4686 worm? It's not uncommon for executives to lose focus. Maybe to the uninitiated.

[@andreilyas1426]

Love this

[@mattmcdonough3673]

Embiid, Giannis, wemby (father is congolese). Africans are on the come up as far as nba talent is concerned. Forgot pascal. Lot of tent in Africa.

[@miltononyango]

amazing

[@Vinxi]

Genda Rwanda Uri Nziza🇷🇼💛

[@catregime]

One thing I can’t stand is when ppl say Drake does nothing for the city. The CITY refused to create a practice facility for the Raps, so OVO BUILT ONE THEMSELVES dedicated to developing city ball players and the for Raptors. If it weren’t for that they would have been renting out hockey facilities and having to move over and play second fiddle to a perpetually losing team (the Leafs).

[@steven.events]

OVO didn't build the facility. They acquired naming rights.

[@catregime]

@@steven.events that can’t be done without putting in money…money the city wouldn’t put in.

[@selanryn5849]

@@catregime The facility was built by the team in 2013. OV-Hoes bought the naming rights in 2019.

[@catregime]

@@selanryn5849 bc the city refused to put up funds for it.

[@IXCANADATV]

Masai needs to stay with the raptors forever till he retires

[@jkoren9308]

Love it!

[@KwatuistM]

Love the fact Toronto is represented in the NBA. Why not Montreal also?

[@ZL60204]

Sometime in the future probably

[@koriifaloju2051]

Actually, it was suggested to expand the NBA to the 3 Canadian cities ( Toronto, Vancouver & MTL) the only one that didn’t get any bite (buy-in, political or public support) was MTL. The Vancouver franchise didn’t last long either, no interest in the game like MTL.

[@1aaroncarl]

But you don't think about the rising population, the youthful population, the demographic, urbanization--cities getting bigger. No truer words were said for the growing African continent.

[@quincyadeiza]

👋👋👋👋👋 Great work.

[@ebhamilton1]

Weird title card flash at 8:59

[@tomconnors5697]

Hey thank you for catching this. We're hopefully going to be able to swap it out.

[@Diakold]

Great Bro may Allah bless you and your business

[@ashleymukarali4852]

Nice

[@2LA1]

I wanna b an NBA player too

[@bigpat2436]

Most Americans can’t even support them selves let alone donate $10. Most of them are depressed and stress out.

[@princeaghamiogie7154]

Kuddos to you

[@I66CHANEL]

🤍🖤💜🏀🥇🎉

[@boyahboy09]

This is hilarious a whole different country is going to basically be running a continents sports league

[@chuckscott-cy7iq]

The NBA is not a country.

[@criessmiles3620]

Africa does not claim Obama He’s confused Cheers from west Africa 🦅

[@malod]

Maybe misunderstood, but never “confused”!

[@caribbeanradiology7004]

You are lost

[@kevnev342]

I didnt know a random nobody like you spoke for Africa.

[@oneilfarquharson-ifearthel3253]

​@malod you are lost....Obama try to force homosexuality on Africa 🌍 👏

[@bett.k7146]

We Kenyans do, so pipe it down mate! 🇰🇪🇰🇪

[@TaylorCrane1312]

Do not fall colonizers’ trap

[@semoihines192]

He’s definitely not improving the raps. He can’t. After the whole demar thing, people don’t trust him. It’s how he traded him, He could have kept him, and traded some other guys but he didn’t. LBJ was everyone’s problem in the east, Debo needed help and they never really gave it to him.

[@ZL60204]

😂

[@NileGoddess]

What do you know?

[@SemoiHines]

@@NileGoddess?

[@thezu9250]

Uh they got a championship. Thats literally the ultimate achievement.

[@SemoiHines]

What do u know?

[@wack8589]

This guy stinks.

[@PersonalaccountSMQ96]

south sudan is the future of the nba(avg height of dinkas is 193 cm)...