Masai Ujiri always says to Toronto, believe in yourself. It always drove him nuts that the city carried around its basketball insecurity, and when the Toronto Raptors won the 2019 championship he brandished that idea. Believe in yourself, Toronto.
And the night they won the title, before Ujiri jumped on a private plane to fly from Oakland to Toronto to attend his then-five-year-old daughter’s preschool graduation the next day, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported that the Washington Wizards were willing to offer Ujiri $10 million (U.S.) per year and an opportunity to own a slice of the team.