When the Toronto Raptors hired Masai Ujiri in 2013 to become the franchise’s new general manager, they were coming off of five straight seasons without a playoff appearance. Six seasons and six straight playoff appearances later, the Toronto Raptors are NBA champions. There were large contributions from players like Kyle Lowry, Pascal Siakam, and Fred VanVleet, but no one had a bigger impact on this teams improvement than Kawhi Leonard.
As most of you already know, Kawhi was acquired during the 2018 offseason with Danny Green in exchange for DeMar DeRozan, Jakob Poeltl, and Toronto’s 2019 first round pick.