Official announcement! Official fired! The champion of the championship was forced to leave the team

The Toronto Raptors officially announced: Ujerry will no longer serve as the Raptors' basketball operations president and vice chairman, and the two sides will part ways. Ujeri has been managing the team for more than ten years since joining the Raptors in 2013. Moreover, Ujri's contract is only one year left, and the Raptors boss actually fired him in advance, which surprised many reporters.

NBA reporter Brett Siegel said: "I am shocked by this. This is a team that Ujeri has been managing since 2013. He personally created the 2019 Raptors' championship lineup." Raptors reporter Chris Walder said that he was puzzled by the time the Raptors fired Ujeri, and the Raptors should do their best to retain talent like Ujeri.

Ujeri was born on July 7, 1970, and is 1.96 meters tall. He has played in the European League for many years and has never played in the NBA. After retiring in 2002, Ujeri worked as a scout for the Magic and the Nuggets, and became the assistant general manager of the Raptors in 2008. In 2010, he returned to the Nuggets as general manager and vice president of basketball operations. In the 2012-13 season, Ujri was elected the NBA's Best Executive, and he also became the first non-American best executive. In the 2013 playoffs, the Nuggets were beaten by the Warriors in the first round of the playoffs. During the offseason in 2013, Ujeri joined the Raptors for 5 years and became executive vice president and general manager, and immediately began to reorganize the team.

The first thing Ujeri did to take office was to send No. 1 pick Bagnani to the Knicks for Marcus Cambi, Steve Novak, 1 first-round pick and 2 second-round picks. Ujri then began to build a lineup around Lowry and DeRozan, but the Raptors were unable to break out of the East. In the summer of 2018, Ujri completed two magical operations.

Ujerry first fired Dwyane Casey, who just won the NBA's best coach, and boldly promoted Nick Nass to serve as the Raptors' head coach. Next he sent DeRozan, Pearl and a first-round pick to the Spurs, and the trade was given to Leonard and Danny Green. Everyone knows the story later: Nass and Leonard teamed up to win the Raptors in the first year! In the summer of 2019, Leonard joined the Clippers. Although he only had the right to use Xiaoka for one year, the Raptors won the only championship in team history, and Ujri's position was more stable. Next, Ujeri began to make a fuss: he decided to build a team around Scotty Barnes and send away the two front lines of Anunobi and Siakam, which are both offensive and defensive.

On December 31, 2023, the Raptors traded Anunobi to the Knicks for Barrett, Quickley and 1 second round. On January 18, 2024, the Raptors sent Siakam to the Pacers in exchange for Bruce Brown, Jordan Nvora and three first-round picks. In the summer of 2024, the Raptors renewed their contract with Quakley for $175 million in five years.

2024-25 season, the Raptors ranked 11th in the Eastern Conference with 30 wins and 52 losses, and missed the playoffs for three consecutive years. The Pacers and the Knicks reached the Eastern Conference Finals all the way, and Anunobi and Siakam met on the Eastern Conference Finals stage. Seeing that the "ex-in-law" was living better than himself, and not being able to get Durant, the Raptors boss became more and more angry the more he thought about it, and decided to fire Ujeri.

UJerry has no worries about his next home, and the Hawks intend to hire him as the president of basketball operations. Do you think Ujri's 12 years in the Raptors have been considered a success?