When the Raptors played the Nets in the NBA Playoffs last spring, Toronto general manager Masai Ujiri let it be known that he was not a fan of the opposition. During a Raptors' viewing party, he yelled, "Fuck Brooklyn!" in front of a large crowd:
And he's ready to do it again.
On Monday night, he was asked about what he said during the Canadian Interuniversity Sport's Canadian Basketball Speakers forum, and he said that, if the Raps end up playing the Nets in the playoffs this season, he's prepared to repeat what he said last year.
"Trust me, I ain't taking that back," he said. "I hope we play them again. And I'll say it again."
Unfortunately for us—or maybe fortunately, considering how bad the Nets have looked at times this season—Toronto and Brooklyn probably aren't going to meet in the postseason. The Raptors currently hold the third seed in the Eastern Conference, while the Nets are 2.5 games out of the playoff race. But if the two teams do somehow meet, Ujiri already knows what he's going to say.
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[via ESPN]
