Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States, is trying to persuade Ujiri to leave the NBA champions to join the Wizards, according to The Athletic’s Ethan Strauss.
Obama was in attendance at Game 2 of the NBA Finals in Toronto, while Ujiri attended the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in 2015 when Obama was in office.
“I hear Barack Obama’s a part of that whole Masai recruitment to D.C.,” Strauss said on a recent episode of the “Back To Back” podcast. “I’ve heard Obama wants Masai in D.C. Obama wants to do something with basketball.”
The Wizards’ potential offer for Ujiri is reportedly for six years, $60 million, and could possibly include an ownership stake in Monumental Sports & Entertainment and other responsibilities within the company, sources have told NBC Sports Washington.
That’s the kind of offer you only get once in a lifetime.
He might just have to listen to Obama on this one.
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