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Dwane Casey started the season in the perilous position of working for a new general manager and coaching a young Toronto Raptors roster that was widely believed to be on the ground floor of a remodel. He turned the situation into an Atlantic Division championship and the team's first playoff appearance since 2008, which was more than enough to convince general manager Masai Ujiri that the right man for the job was already in house. The agreement came one day after the Raptors lost Game 7 of their Eastern Conference playoff series to Brooklyn when Nets star Paul Pierce blocked a potential game-winning shot by Toronto point guard Kyle Lowry in the closing seconds. ''He's a great dude,'' guard DeMar DeRozan said of Casey before news of the contract went public.
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