Masai Ujiri, the general manager of the Toronto Raptors, doesn't care what anyone else thinks.
That much was clear when he drafted Bruno Caboclo at No. 20 in the 2014 NBA draft, spurning convention and the glut of mock drafts in the process. After all, the man known as the Brazilian Kevin Durant wasn't on many teams' radar, and his presence in the pre-draft analysis was limited to a few scattered big boards.
As ESPN's Fran Fraschila said during the telecast, while the rest of the world was trying to figure out who Caboclo was, the 18-year-old is two years away from being two years away. And Ujiri still doesn't care:
Good for him.
The man in charge of drafting for the Raptors should have confidence in his pick. Even if it largely earned negative grades—including a "C-" from me, which was given for the reach and failure to trade down (or up from No. 37 if Caboclo wasn't going to be there at that point), not for the Brazilian's talent—Ujiri has earned the benefit of the doubt at this point.
He's continuously proven himself one of the most savvy GMs ...
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