Here’s the Toronto Sun reporting on the Raptors, who have decided that coach Dwane Casey is worth keeping around for the foreseeable future:
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Masai Ujiri and Dwane Casey aren’t always in agreement, but if they were, it’s a good bet they wouldn’t have lasted so long together.
Ujiri, the Raptors’ president and general manager doesn’t want a yes-man as his head coach. Fortunately Casey is no yes-man.
The two paired up three years ago, Ujiri inheriting Casey from Bryan Colangelo of the previous regime.
He’s had a few chances to walk away from Casey but each and every time he has stayed with him.
The latest is a (finally) confirmed three-year deal that will pay Casey a well-earned $18 million over the length of the contract.
Ujiri made this decision before the playoffs started telling the media Casey was his coach going forward, so the extended playoff run had nothing to do with this.
