Toronto Raptors president of basketball operations Masai Ujiri reportedly has his eyes on the New York Knicks' president job.

According to Marc Stein of The New York Times, Ujiri intends to maneuver his way to the Knicks in the near future:

Two longtime Masai Ujiri-watchers whom I trust deeply for their reads on this situation have been telling me since December, when the Knicks fired Coach David Fizdale after a 4-18 start, that Ujiri intends to maneuver his way to the Knicks after his moves helped the Raptors win a championship last season.

Both watchers went so far as to proclaim that Ujiri may even try to bring along Bobby Webster, Toronto’s well-regarded general manager.

One told me he is convinced that Ujiri’s relationship with the Toronto team owner, Larry Tannenbaum, is such that the Raptors would ultimately bless the move if Ujiri wants it badly enough.

There are, however, undeniable obstacles. No. 1, obviously, is Ujiri’s desire — whether he indeed covets the Knicks’ job as much as the whispers suggest.

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Ujiri is under contract with the Raptors. He becomes free to leave after the 2020-21 season.

If Ujiri tells the Raptors he wants to leave Toronto and take the job in The Big Apple, New York and Toronto could work out a deal where the Raptors get compensation in return for Ujiri.