Toronto Raptors president of basketball operations Masai Ujiri has no time for the notion that his team isn’t a genuine championship contender.
Although the Raptors lost Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green in free agency last summer, the team has outperformed even the most optimistic projections, sitting in third place in the Eastern Conference with a 29-14 record, despite battling a myriad of injuries to their core.
Entering the season, some believed the Raptors would blow up their veteran roster in order to rebuild with ample cap space, but the Raptors continue to thrive while Ujiri’s unwavering goal of defending the title certainly hasn’t been altered.