Masai Ujiri has built the Toronto Raptors into an NBA champion after making some very prudent trades while refusing the temptation to make ones that wouldn’t have panned out. Fans hoping for him to get back to his high-stakes wheeling and dealing might find themselves disappointed.
Ujiri hasn’t moved off players like OG Anunoby, Pascal Siakam, and Fred VanVleet despite multiple opportunities to do so and get a haul. Ujiri is hell-bent on running it back, no matter what the cost may be.
According to Michael Grange of Sportsnet, Ujiri and the rest of the Raptors’ front office are much more bullish on the long-term future of this team.