Five landing spots for former Raptors executive Masai Ujiri

Dallas locked up Kyrie Irving on an extension this week and drafted Flagg, but the team still has has an unbalanced roster with a surfeit of big men and a distinct lack of guards. If the Mavericks limp into the playoffs once again or injuries to Irving and Anthony Davis persist, Harrison could lose his job and Ujiri would be a tempting target.

3. Brooklyn Nets

The Nets play in Brooklyn and offer a tempting collection of young talent and future draft assets to whoever runs the team. Sean Marks has been the Nets general manager for the last nine seasons, and it's hard to argue that those have been full of success, as the team is constantly shifting from win-now mode to full teardown rebuilds.

If the Nets ever lose patience with Marks, they've shown they're willing to spend money and they do have a lot of options. Ujiri could pick and choose whoever he likes on the roster. After big trades sent Kevin Durant and Mikal Bridges out of town, he'd have a lot of draft capital, plus a city that's even more diverse and cosmopolitan than Toronto.

4. Unspecified NBA expansion team

After the NBA signed a massive 11-year media deal and saw both the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers sold, the league is expected to move forward with expansion plans as early as this summer. The expansion fees will likely be massive, especially after the Lakers sold at a $10B evaluation. Any group willing to put up that kind of money is unlikely to shirk at giving Ujiri a big salary and perhaps equity in the team.

That might be longer than Ujiri is willing to wait, but the chance to build a franchise from scratch with plenty of financial backing might be very enticing for the 2013 Executive of the Year.

5. NBA Africa

Ujiri grew up in Nigeria, which is part of why he so fiercely works to promote basketball development in Africa. His foundation, Giants Of Africa, builds basketball courts and runs basketball camps throughout the African continent. The NBA has since established the Basketball Africa League, which started play in 2021. BAL alumnus Khaman Maluach was selected with the No. 10 pick in Wednesday's NBA Draft.

After all of Ujiri's efforts to bring investment and talent scouting to Africa, his next role might be with NBA Africa, the league's company that oversees the BAL as well as schools and a basketball academy. One of the investors is former president Barack Obama. If Ujiri doesn't get a job to his liking, he might be happy to work with the NBA on more basketball development in Africa full-time.