Denver hires Masai Ujiri as GM

The man in charge to know what the heck to do with Carmelo Anthony and JR Smith is ... Masai Ujiri!

According to some reports, the Denver Ujiri appointed to replace Mark Warkentein and set likely to sign a contract today at a time. Most had not heard him, but the past few weeks when his name began to appear for this post. But I got Ujiri its inception in the Boy Scouts and rose slowly to the ranks of the front office before landing at the end of the day a large chair in Denver.

But it is, and what did he do? A quick look at his background:

First, the most important thing about Ujiri: How do you say his name? And declared it "the sigh, u, e-trigger anger."

Ujiri comes to Denver from Toronto, where he spent the last three years at the front desk in the executive position. Assistant Director-General of Bryan Colangelo, and Ujiri key in Toronto to benefit from international players such as Carlos Delfino, Jose Calderon and Andrea Bargnani.

Ujiri, a native of Zaria, Nigeria has played an active role in encouraging and there is basketball. Began known Top 50 Bigman Camp eight years ago, and also served as director of basketball in the NBA without Borders Africa program. The Solomon Alabi, who was the recruiter in Toronto last year, one of the participants in the camp.

May be important to Ujiri is a former staff member in Denver. He was with the Denver Ujiri 2003-2007 and previously served as scout and outstanding contributions to the Orlando Magic in 2002-03. Nuggets with both magic, and served primarily as an international scout Ujiri. Most people say Ujiri already have good relations with Carmelo Anthony, which is clearly Ujiri's No. 1 priority.

Even if you're wondering, it was not Ujiri is not responsible for the selection of the Denver disatrous Tskitishvili Nikoloz in 2002 because he was still working for Orlando at the time. You are now a CNA exhale, Denver fans.

Ujiri went to prep school in Seattle, and went to junior high school in North Dakota, played basketball at Montana State College, then spent six years playing professionally in Europe, with stops in Belgium, Germany, England, Greece and Finland. So you can say Ujiri a well-traveled.

Was small. In only 39, Ujiri is one of the managers of young people in the league. He does not GM the most qualified in terms of expertise, but most agree on the basketball world that he has, the next star the front office.

Turned to be seen clearly Ujiri being an alternative plan by the most since David Griffin of the continuing work of Denver, but was on the radar Ujiri Denver since the beginning. Relations with the Denver helped, of course, but Denver may wish to extend the Scout at the international level and Ujiri It is clear that the experience in this area.

In an interview with NBA.com for Basketball without Borders, said Ujiri that the growth of international basketball: "You can not miss. There's no escape from it. That you have to cover every place.'s Basketball at the level of the world has gotten better, and skill level has got the best of some of the children are international in the NBA is amazing. "

By, Warkentein sharing power with Rex Chapman and Bret Bearup, so no one knows exactly how much Ujiri will be in control in Denver. That was perhaps one of the hangups with David Griffin. But passed to Denver in the midst of a total transformation of the former owner Stan Kroenke team to his son Josh, who is only 30 years old. Therefore, the Denver are young people in the front office for sure, and most of the novels, is in good hands with Ujiri.c