Raptors Expected to Offer Extensions to GM Bobby Webster and Coach Darko Rajakovic

Overview

• Sourcing from Sportsnet, multiple reports say Toronto plans to present extension offers in the coming weeks to Bobby Webster and Darko Rajakovic, who each have one year left on their deals.
• Team officials want to avoid a lame-duck season for the top decision-makers after the franchise’s first playoff berth in four years, according to the reporting.
• The just-finished campaign functioned as an audition for leadership, with a 46–36 record and a seven-game first-round loss to Cleveland taken as proof of progress.
• MLSE president Keith Pelley did not push for trade-deadline upgrades, which signaled confidence in Webster’s approach and set the stage for conservative moves.
• Dallas, now run by former Raptors president Masai Ujiri, is viewed as more likely to target Toronto evaluators such as Dan Tolzman, Patrick Engelbrecht, or Curtis Crawford than to lure Webster, per sources.