A recent Reddit thread had looked at Masai Ujiri’s playoff record, which stood something like this:
Masai Ujiri’s regular season record:
Denver Nuggets 2010-2011: 50-32 finished 5th
Denver Nuggets 2011-2012: 38-28 finished 6th
Denver Nuggets 2012-2013: 57-25 finished 3rd
Toronto Raptors 2013-2014: 48-34 finished 3rd
Toronto Raptors 2014-2015: 49-33 finished 4th
Toronto Raptors 2015-2016: 56-26 finished 2nd
Total Record: 298-178 (0.626 or 51.3 wins per season)
Masai Ujiri playoffs record:
Denver Nuggets 2010-2011: Lost First Round (Thunder) 1–4
Denver Nuggets 2011-2012: Lost First Round (Lakers) 3–4
Denver Nuggets 2012-2013: Lost First Round (Warriors) 2–4*
Toronto Raptors 2013-2014: Lost First Round (Nets), 3–4*
Toronto Raptors 2014-2015: Lost First Round (Wizards), 0–4*
Toronto Raptors 2015-2016: TBD First Round (Pacers), 0–1*
*Home Court Advantage
Total Playoffs Games record: 9-21 (0.300) , Total Series record: 0-5 (0.000)
Not good, obviously, but that’s all history now and the GM was elated after his team beat the Pacers in Game 7 on Sunday night:
Masai Ujiri, yelling from outside the Raptors locker room: "There goes that monkey. There goes that monkey"
— Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) May 2, 2016
Masai runs on the podium, interrupts Casey's presser and kisses him on the head
— Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) May 2, 2016
The Raptors start Round 2 on Tuesday night versus the Heat.
