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Hawks Reportedly Interested in 1x Champion Executive

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Reign Amurao | Last updated May 14, 2025 11:24 PM ET

The Atlanta Hawks are exploring their options in finding a replacement for a new president of basketball operations. After the 2024-25 NBA season, the Hawks let Landry Fields go after five years of being the organization's general manager. Following that, the team promoted Onsi Saleh as the replacement for Fields. Still, they'll need someone new to take over the role of team president.

One of Atlanta's biggest prospects for the position is Masai Ujiri. He's been the longtime executive for the Toronto Raptors and has made significant moves to make the franchise a success.

According to Marc Stein, the Hawks have taken an interest in acquiring the Raptors' vice chairman and president.

Amid the Hawks' search for a new executive, there have been reports that the franchise aims to "hire a top, experienced executive."

"The Atlanta Hawks have interest in trying to hire Toronto's Masai Ujiri as their new president of basketball operations, league sources tell The Stein Line. It was not immediately clear, league sources say, what sort of shot Atlanta has at prizing Ujiri away from the league's lone Canadian franchise," Stein reported.

The Hawks have expressed interest in trying to hire Masai Ujiri away from Toronto, league sources tell @TheSteinLine.

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— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) May 15, 2025

Ujiri took charge of one of the league's best trades. He traded the Raptors' best player (at the time), DeMar DeRozan, for San Antonio Spurs star Kawhi Leonard. Although Leonard only played in Toronto for one season, it turned out to be fruitful after they won the 2019 NBA Championship over the Golden State Warriors.

Since then, Ujiri has made respectable moves over the seasons, like drafting Scottie Barnes and trading for RJ Barrett.

However, the executive has not given any indication about potentially leaving Toronto.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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