Derozan is exactly what we needed this year. We have our athletes and shooters. We needed a go-to scorer/closer. We essentially swapped Derozan for Doug/Collins.
Derozan is currently putting up career numbers and is an All-Star starter. 18 straight games of 20+ points. 7 straight games of 35+ points and 50%+ shooting. Chicago is on a 5 game winning streak without Lavine, Lonzo, and Caruso.
Not to mention, he signed for 90M/3 years... if there was one player over 30 years old that the Spurs should have re-signed... not Richard Jefferson and Pau Gasol.
Nope. He’s in a better situation, with multiple high level 3 point shooters and top perimeter defenders.
The reality is, it was time for him to go. DD led teams missed the playoffs two years in a row. The model wasn’t working, and the young guys needed minutes thatDD was burning in a losing cause.
Not. A. Mistake.
Murray, White, Keldon, and Poetl are good players. Not to mention second year Vassell.
No. Everyone is better off with him gone. He bottlenecked this team.
No, and he wasn't staying anyway.
The team was stagnant with him. The team's biggest problem is being able to close and they need to figure out how to do it on their own.
As much as I was always for DD, it’s not a mistake that he’s gone. He was always just a place holder.
The answer is it depends. The Spurs COULD have been aggressive putting talent around DeRozan, all the way from the year they traded for him. But if they were going to remain unwilling to do that, it didn't make sense to keep him. I can understand, on the whole, why the Spurs elected to not gamble on him as the main piece. I don't think it was undeniably the right decision, but there was a reason why the Raptors were willing to let him go.
DeMar, like Murray, is one of those players who has continued to improve long after most players see a drop off in their developmental curves. It's not fair to argue that this is the DeRozan the Spurs had had since the trade. I imagine had DeMar developed this much, Toronto would not have traded him. If the Spurs still got him for Leonard, then DMDR and LMA might have changed PATFO's mind and had them make another aggressive move for a third star, as they had planned to do with Leonard.
No.
no
san antonio didn't have the pieces to put around DDR to let him shine
i love watching derozan play (on offense) but he's much better off in CHI and spurs are better positioned as a result of the trade
It still hurts,tbh
No.
DD has a much better team which allows him to play better.
Lavine and Vucevic are all stars.
3 pointers way up compared to Spurs-Grandpa era.
Spurs never built a good team around Demar. Vucevic and Lavine are better than anybody he got to play with while on the Spurs. I'm not sure DJ would have had a breakout year if Demar was still here.
Did we make a mistake giving you posting privileges
You have to cut ties to grow. Spurs are better off rebuilding for the long term. And Derozan might lead us to the playoffs just to be in trounced in the 1st round every year. It was time.
no... He doesn't move the needle... He missed the playoffs 2 years in a row in a weak west... And keep in mind the playoffs still exist... We have seen him play like an all star in Toronto only to choke his ass off in the playoffs
It doesn’t matter. Moving forward!
We stacked!
Yes, the Spurs absolutely made a mistake with Demar. They never should've traded Kawhi for him. Chicago fans will see the real DD come playoff time. Not a winner.
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I can’t believe his offensive numbers these last seven games. Where the was that derozan the last three years
I really can't believe this question is asked.
No.
Spurs should have committed to ddr a season earlier. Lma fell off the cliff and they held onto him for too long. It is what it is.
it's almost like people who ask these questions don't understand basketball. You can't play DeRozan with Poeltl at Center and mediocre 3-point shooters at the guard spots
None of them shoot the 3 pointer at a decent rate except Keldon, and in fact White No longer plays here.
in team building? yes, but we did the same with the superstar who played for the team a few years earlier, so it's kind of a pattern.
lol
We had good three point shooter and the Spurs let them walk out the door or get next to nothing in return.
Patty Mills (walked out the door)
Bryn Forbes (a 2026 2nd round draft pick and a guys that they never intended to play and cut shortly after the trade)
Both good three point shooters.
The Spurs are in a rebuilding mode because they choose to go this route.
Having De Rozon, Mills, and Forbes on the team would not stunt the development of the players that are losing games for us now. Pop would have had time to work with them to develop them as we remained compe ive rather than throwing these young guys into the fire when they are not ready as their record in the standings shows that they are not.
I feel like I was one of the few around here that wanted to keep DDR, but I also see the benefit of letting him go.
Demar is a great scorer but gosh he’s so bad on defense and he needs the ball in his hands a lot.
No way DJM has the year he is having if Demar is still here.
And we turned him into 2 FRPs? Not bad
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