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Benjamin Hochman: Josh said Masai told him he didn't even need to consider matching the Toronto contract, because Masai’s decision was already made. Twitter @nuggetsnews

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Adrian Wojnarowski: Whether the Toronto coaching job opens this summer -- or next -- rule out George Karl as a candidate for Masai Ujiri, league sources tell Y! Twitter @WojYahooNBA

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Marc Stein: Of course, Clips' interest in George Karl has already been established. Whether Masai Ujiri, now in Toronto, has interest remains to be seen Twitter @ESPNSteinLine

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Zach Lowe: Source w/ knowledge confirms Karl will not be a candidate for Raptors job this summer. Dwane Casey has one year left on his deal. Twitter @ZachLowe_NBA

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Andrea Bargnani is in Rome working out and recovering after the elbow injury which forced him to miss the second part of the NBA Season. Il Mago spoke with Gazzetta.it about the Italian National Team and his future in the NBA. "I look forward to play for the Italian National Team. The roster is very good with quality players. I hope this year is the right one to have a good final result. Next NBA Season? In the NBA it is not the player who decides where to play. The only thing I can do is to work out and play hard. At the moment I am a player of the Toronto Raptors. I miss playoffs and I miss the atmosphere of the NBA playoffs. Sportando

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Emiliano Carchia: Gianni Petrucci confirmed that Andrea Bargnani will play Eurobasket in Slovenia Twitter @SportandoBasket

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If you are Dwane Casey this morning, you have to be wondering just a little bit. As some published reports have suggested, it certainly appears that the Raptors new general manager Masai Ujiri is leaning towards keeping the Raptors head coach, who has another year left on his contract, around. But Ujiri stopped well short of guaranteeing that Casey will be his head coach heading into next season. “I’ve talked to Dwane Casey a couple of times and we’re going to sit down and I will understand what his philosophies are and I will tell him what my philosophies are and I’ll tell him what I think needs to be changed,” Ujiri said. “For me this organization is going to be like this now (hands together) and we will all be on the same page and have the same goals.” Toronto Sun

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Marc Stein: New Raptors front-office boss Masai Ujiri, I'm told, is making hard push to hire Jeff Weltman away from Milwaukee Twitter @ESPNSteinLine

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Tim Leiweke on why Ujiri came to Toronto: “Quite frankly, he’s not the highest paid GM in the league. He’s not in the top five based on what I know about rest of the league. The financial thing we didn’t even talk about the first day. Not a word. We didn’t talk about it. We spent the day talking about philosophy. We talked about where we’ve come in our lives, what we would like to create here and we shared one common view. You recall the question from earlier today about you’ve seen the history of this organization. Why would you come here? That’s why you come here. Who wants to go — no offence — but who wants to follow Mitch Kupchak? … Am I OK with the fact that he is well compensated? Sure, he should be, it’s Toronto. We view ourselves as New York, Miami and L.A.” National Post

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Tim Leiweke: On potentially changing the Raptors’ name: “We’re definitely going to take a look at it. It doesn’t mean we’re committed to it. It means it’s a good conversation. I saw those generic uniforms today in the paper. … That won’t be the uniform, by the way. I can assure you of that. I think we need to have this conversation.” National Post

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Ryan Wolstat: Ujiri said Bargnani has an NBA skill. Believes players are in league for a reason (ie they have NBA talent) and teams want stretch fours Twitter @WolstatSun

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Eric Smith: There are good pieces... but there are things we have to correct. -- Ujiri on the roster Twitter @Eric__Smith

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Ryan Wolstat: "Don't see any reason why Dwane won't be back." Twitter @WolstatSun

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Ryan Wolstat: Masai Ujiri: "I'll take Bryan's input when I feel it's necessary, but basketball decisions are going to be my decisions. I'm sitting here on the hot seat." Twitter @WolstatSun

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Paul Jones: Ujiri: on first order of busines... there isn't 1 or 2 things...we need an identity...I'm going to chat with Casey and discuss philosophies Twitter @Paul__Jones

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Eric Koreen: MU calls analytics a strong part of evaluation. Says there is a good system here. No word on Rucker and Boyarsky's status is Twitter @ekoreen

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Mike Ganter: "There is no issue with Bryan Colangelo. None. Let's move on. - Ujiri Twitter @Mike_Ganter

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Eric Smith: To confirm: Colangelo is now now President, Team and Business Operations. Ujiri is Raptors President and GM, Basketball Operations Twitter @Eric__Smith

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Ryan Wolstat: Expectation is Raptors employees will have futures clarified within next 48 hours Twitter @WolstatSun

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Ryan Wolstat: Raptors send out release: Ujiri presser is tomorrow at 11 a.m. Twitter @WolstatSun

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