LONDON, U.K. -- It's been a long and winding road for Masai Ujiri.
That road to the NBA took this child of Africa from crashing on couches to sleeping on trains, working as an unpaid scout for the Orlando Magic to rising up the ranks to become an Executive of the Year with the Denver Nuggets to establishing the Toronto Raptors as one of the Eastern Conference's best teams.
On the side of the court at London’s 02 Arena, Ujiri -- a relentless networker on both sides of the Atlantic and beyond -- was greeted by contacts from all over, including from his native Nigeria.