According to The Athletic, DeMar DeRozan and the San Antonio Spurs are still quite a ways apart on contract extension talks. The Spurs initially landed DeRozan during the summer of 2018 as part of a package deal they received from the Raptors for Kawhi Leonard. But after an unsuccessful season where the Spurs were out [...]
October 22, 2019
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Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan have had one of the most successful on and off court bromances in recent NBA history as the all-star back court for a 50-win Raptors team over the past five seasons or so. They were able to garner the eastern conference’s No. 1 seed after a 59-win season in 2017-18, [...]
September 27, 2018
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DeMar DeRozan isn’t happy about being traded to the San Antonio Spurs, a move first reported by ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojnarowski. It’s hard to blame him under the circumstances. As rumors that the Toronto Raptors were moving him in a deal for Kawhi Leonard were bandied about, DeRozan’s Instagram story churned out cryptic hints at betrayal: View this [...]
July 18, 2018
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If and when the Toronto Raptors make DeMar DeRozan available over the offseason, it won’t be the first time in the last year they’ve tested his trade market. According to The New York Times‘ Marc Stein, the team quietly gauged his value around the league this past summer and could do so again in the aftermath [...]
May 16, 2018
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Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan have been one of the best duos in the NBA for half of a decade now. They look as dangerous as ever thus far in the 2017-18 season (especially DeRozan) as they are 29-12 and in 2nd place in the eastern conference. The special partnership on and off the court [...]
January 15, 2018
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Ryan Bawek
DeMar DeRozan continues to elevate his game and improve every season and is playing the best basketball of his career right now for the Toronto Raptors. DeRozan had the best night of his career on Monday night, when he rode a hot hand and a 21 point first quarter to a new franchise-record, 52 point [...]
January 2, 2018
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Ryan Bawek
Watch out, Kyle Lowry. DeMar DeRozan is coming for your job. Not really, of course. But the Toronto Raptors do have plans to slot DeRozan at point guard more in 2017-18. As head coach Dwane Casey told The Andrew Walker Show on Sportsnet 590 The FAN (via Sportsnet) “We got to have a better mentality of [...]
July 21, 2017
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You’d think DeMar DeRozan wouldn’t carry a huge chip on his shoulder after helping the Toronto Raptors make an Eastern Conference Finals appearance and signing a near-max deal. Then again, maybe you wouldn’t think that. Because that chip is still there. As he told NBA.com’s David Aldridge: Me: Y’all are always under the radar because [...]
December 29, 2016
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DeMar DeRozan is having a career year that no one saw coming. Literally no one. Except maybe him. Speaking with ESPN.com’s Brian Windhorst, DeRozan talked about how he took exception to preseason NBA player rankings that didn’t even slot him in the top 25: After his second All-Star season and strong play in the deepest [...]
December 7, 2016
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The Kings-Raptors game in Sacramento Sunday night ended with a fair deal of controversy as the Kings pulled off the season sweep of the Raptors with a 102-99 victory after a Terrance Ross three-point shot, that would have tied it, was waved off when it shouldn’t have been. Outside of all of the drama on [...]
November 21, 2016
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