LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLORIDA - AUGUST 23: Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri (Photo by Kim Klement-Pool/Getty Images)
The Toronto Raptors were a franchise that perenially ended up at the bottom of the NBA standings for the first 15 years of their existence, and the first time that this team was transformed into a constant winner was when Masai Ujiri took over as the president of the franchise. With Dwane Casey as the head coach and the dynamic duo of Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan in the backcourt, Toronto made the playoffs in every season of Ujiri’s tenure, only to hit a LeBron-sized roadblock in the later rounds.