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‘We will get it done’: Signing Raptors president Masai Ujiri to a contract extension remains a priority, Tanenbaum says

There is a plan and a time and a place for everything and Larry Tanenbaum and Raptors president Masai Ujiri are working at their own pace on all of it.

The longer term future of Ujiri — whose contract runs out at the end of next season — is a growing concern among the team’s fans but Tanenbaum knows there is no need to rush.

There are other priorities, as Ujiri spelled out last week.

“Our fans, they love Masai for all that he’s contributed to the Raptors franchise and to our community and to our country and our appreciation for him, that can’t be measured,” Tanenbaum, the chairman of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, said in an interview Tuesday.