Warriors president and COO Rick Welts apologized Friday on Twitter to Toronto Raptors president of basketball operations Masai Ujiri, three days after body camera footage was released showing Ujiri's encounter with an Alameda County sheriff's deputy at Oracle Arena.
Welts said he was "heartbroken seeing the video" of deputy Alan Strickland confronting and twice shoving Ujiri as he tried to walk on to the court in the waning seconds of the Raptors' championship-clinching victory over the Warriors in Game 6 of the 2019 NBA Finals.
To my personal and professional friend Masai Ujiri, I am heartbroken seeing the video of what should have been the happiest professional moment of your life.