While the NBA zigged toward three-pointers, DeMar DeRozan chose to zag. In his 11th season — including his second trip back to Toronto on Sunday — he's still thriving, on his own terms. (via michaelgrange)
“I always try to analyze myself as much as I can when things are going good and especially when things are going bad. I just always try to analyze myself and figure out what I could’ve did to be better,” he said before he was greeted with a pair of extended standing ovations from the crowd that watched him for nine seasons – first when he was introduced before the game and then during a first-quarter scoreboard tribute to the Raptors all-time leading scorer.
“I’ve seen him finishing with his left a little more frequently,” Raptors head coach Nick Nurse said. “…He can go both ways with some speed. That would probably be the one thing I would say. There was probably a time when everybody was trying to not let him go right and he’d still somehow kinda get around it, and now he’ll make plays…where he’ll juke to the right and go really fast to the left, reject a screen or blast to the outside, or get it in the post and spin in there left.
Will DeRozan hit the market looking to be the man somewhere? Or will he look to attach himself to a championship contender in search of scoring and playmaking in a less featured role. He says he’s getting younger players asking him about his trade secrets over the course of games; young guns paying tribute.
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