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MLSE sure could use Tim Leiweke again as the Knicks circle Raptors boss Masai Ujiri

It’s been said more than once by Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment insiders over the past few years: The place hasn’t been the same since Tim Leiweke vacated the premises in 2015.

And maybe that’s not surprising. Leiweke was a one-off of an outsized character, a carnival barker of big visions who brought aboard Masai Ujiri and Brendan Shanahan and, in the matter of a couple of years at the helm, promptly split. How could the place be the same in his absence?