There was no way for Masai Ujiri to get back what he had lost, what had been taken. From the time Alameda County sheriff’s deputy Alan Strickland shoved him as Ujiri went to step onto the court after winning an NBA championship in Oakland, that moment couldn’t be the same. A part of it was gone forever.
But Ujiri had the ability to fight back for his name, and for others, and he won. Strickland dropped his ludicrous $11-million (U.S.) lawsuit against the Toronto Raptors president Wednesday and Ujiri, in exchange, dropped his countersuit.