The sense is that over and above any contract considerations, Ujiri wants to stay on long enough to return the Raptors to championship contention, something he emphasized during his end-of-season media availability and has reiterated privately. He wants to win again in part because — between the pending free agency of Kawhi Leonard and the incident he had with a police officer working security at Oracle Arena that man-handled him as he tried to join the on-court celebration, triggering an investigation and legal battle, both resolved in Ujiri’s favour — he didn’t get to properly experience his first title.