Masai Ujiri’s three years with the Raptors have been the best in franchise history – 48, 49 and 56 wins and Toronto’s deepest playoff run. Part of that is a strong-than-realized roster Ujiri inherited from Bryan Colangelo, but Ujiri has guided the Raptors forward.
So, they want him to stay a while. Like most moves involving Ujiri, Toronto succeeded.
The Toronto Raptors announced Friday they have signed President Masai Ujiri to a multi-year contract extension and promoted Jeff Weltman to general manager and Bobby Webster to assistant general manager/vice-president basketball strategy. Ujiri will continue to oversee basketball operations as president of the club.
Ujiri re-signed Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan amid heavy outside interest, lured DeMarre Carroll and Cory Joseph to Toronto and absolutely fleeced the Knicks in the Andrea Bargnani trade. That résumé earned him this extension.