Toronto Raptors team president Masai Ujiri is a supporter of the league's recent initiative to strike a better balance when it comes to gender equality within the NBA. The NBA is a male-dominant league, but it does not mean that more women can't be involved.
This is exactly what Ujiri attested to when recently asked if he believes the NBA will soon have its first female head coach or general manager.
“One hundred percent, the time is coming,” he says. via ESPN's Zach Lowe. “That is going to happen.”
Especially compared to the type of mentality the league possessed a decade or so ago, it is clear the NBA is taking the right steps toward becoming more welcoming to women having key roles in basketball operations.
For his part, Ujiri is not merely talking the talk. Recently, the Raptors signed Brittni Donaldson as an assistant to head coach Nick Nurse. The 26-year-old is just the 10th female assistant coach in the league, and she also happens to be the youngest.
We all continue to dream about someday striking a true balance between male and female coaches and executives in the league, but in reality, this is probably not going to happen in the near future. However, it seems that we are getting there. For now, perhaps the best thing to ask is for front offices to disregard an applicant's gender when making its decision, instead basing it solely on what one is able to bring to the table.
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