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im asking because to be honest I did never watch derozan before in Toronto but I know he’s a good scorer....I know him because before whenever the raptors play the spurs he always goes off..lol.
Yeah ask away. I have been a fan of the Raptors since 2001 and most likely watched 98% of DD's games in Toronto. My posts may come off as bias because I am fully aware that I am a DeStan
I'm pretty sure there's a few more raptors fans out there who signed up on this board to follow DD's career as a Spurs player.
FIFY
Keep those tears coming, tell me how much it hurt
Not gonna lie I already like him more than almost any Spurs except Duncan and Robinson. Its early and I'm not saying he is the 3rd best Spurs of all time but he is very easy to root for and his game is very fun to watch.Yeah ask away. I have been a fan of the Raptors since 2001 and most likely watched 98% of DD's games in Toronto. My posts may come off as bias because I am fully aware that I am a DeStan
I'm pretty sure there's a few more raptors fans out there who signed up on this board to follow DD's career as a Spurs player.
aw man come on he’ll come back and sit on your face again
took you a day? damn your game weak lol I own u
cool. I hope you don't flip on him after one bad game. Seen it so many times on the raptors board.
DD wins player of the month = it's quiet
DD 1 bad game = everyone comes out of the woodworks.
Lol. True true. He is having an incredible start to the season. Rooting for him for sure.
Remember when Fat Lowry said that he wanted to sign with the Spurs but didn't because the Spurs didn't want him? And said all of that the day before playing the Spurs... good times
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/25128523/demar-derozan-embracing-new-start-san-antonio-spurs-nba
How DeMar DeRozan got over being traded and embraced the Spurs
SAN ANTONIO -- As Rudy Gay chomps on a sandwich in the locker room ahead of the San Antonio Spurs' exhibition opener, DeMar DeRozan points an iPhone his way to reveal a FaceTime chat with former Toronto Raptors teammate Kyle Lowry.
"What he say?" Gay asks between bites.
"You're f---ing dead to me," DeRozan whispers back.
Belly laughter quickly envelops that corner of the locker room, just a few steps from the door. DeRozan has come a long way from heartbreak.
"It took a while for me to get back in that happy place," DeRozan says, "where I didn't care about much in the sense of like, 'Just be happy, man. Just be yourself. Don't worry about all that other stuff.'"
Maybe it's also that the more than 1,400 miles separating Toronto and San Antonio are distancing DeRozan emotionally from the pain of July 18. That's the day the Raptors traded him to the Alamo City along with Jakob Poeltl in exchange for a disgruntled Kawhi Leonard, Danny Green and a protected 2019 first-round pick.
Now nearly healed from the crushing realization that he was no longer wanted by an organization he had no desire to leave, DeRozan is embracing both San Antonio's championship culture and the finite nature of his own career, which includes four All-Star appearances, five straight trips to the playoffs as a Raptor and a 2016 Olympic gold medal -- but no NBA les.
DeRozan aims to rewrite that last part of his bio.
"Every day that goes by, my days in this league are getting limited," he says. "And you want to maximize and take full advantage of everything, of being able to compete for a championship. Because if you were to ask me my rookie year if I would look up 10 years later and this is where I'd be, I wouldn't believe it.
"So now it's about putting everything that I've learned, everything I went through, that I've accomplished, my fails, my sacrifices, just putting all that together and understanding that it's time to lay it all out there on the line. Because when it's time to hang it up, I want to have no regrets."
DeRozan makes it clear he wants to focus on moving forward instead of reliving what took place in Toronto. He doesn't want to discuss his struggles with depression, although the new Spur says he's "feeling great" mentally. But DeRozan acknowledges that fully focusing on what's next is impossible without overcoming the pain he endured this summer. Asked if he's hurt by what happened in Toronto and whether he sees it as a motivating force, DeRozan doesn't hesitate.
"Both, without a doubt," he says. "I definitely was extremely hurt. I'd be lying if I told you I wasn't. I always made it clear that Toronto was where I wanted to retire. You never heard a player say that. No star player. Nobody. My whole objective being there was fighting against the stigma that guys didn't want to play there. As it happened to me, when I gave everything I could on the court and off the court, it definitely hurt. It definitely hurt. To feel like, 'Damn, I wasn't nothing? I wasn't this? All right, cool. Now, I'm going to show you.'"
Remember when Fat Lowry said that he wanted to sign with the Spurs but didn't because the Spurs didn't want him? And said all of that the day before playing the Spurs... good times
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/25128523/demar-derozan-embracing-new-start-san-antonio-spurs-nba
How DeMar DeRozan got over being traded and embraced the Spurs
SAN ANTONIO -- As Rudy Gay chomps on a sandwich in the locker room ahead of the San Antonio Spurs' exhibition opener, DeMar DeRozan points an iPhone his way to reveal a FaceTime chat with former Toronto Raptors teammate Kyle Lowry.
"What he say?" Gay asks between bites.
"You're f---ing dead to me," DeRozan whispers back.
Belly laughter quickly envelops that corner of the locker room, just a few steps from the door. DeRozan has come a long way from heartbreak.
"It took a while for me to get back in that happy place," DeRozan says, "where I didn't care about much in the sense of like, 'Just be happy, man. Just be yourself. Don't worry about all that other stuff.'"
Maybe it's also that the more than 1,400 miles separating Toronto and San Antonio are distancing DeRozan emotionally from the pain of July 18. That's the day the Raptors traded him to the Alamo City along with Jakob Poeltl in exchange for a disgruntled Kawhi Leonard, Danny Green and a protected 2019 first-round pick.
Now nearly healed from the crushing realization that he was no longer wanted by an organization he had no desire to leave, DeRozan is embracing both San Antonio's championship culture and the finite nature of his own career, which includes four All-Star appearances, five straight trips to the playoffs as a Raptor and a 2016 Olympic gold medal -- but no NBA les.
DeRozan aims to rewrite that last part of his bio.
"Every day that goes by, my days in this league are getting limited," he says. "And you want to maximize and take full advantage of everything, of being able to compete for a championship. Because if you were to ask me my rookie year if I would look up 10 years later and this is where I'd be, I wouldn't believe it.
"So now it's about putting everything that I've learned, everything I went through, that I've accomplished, my fails, my sacrifices, just putting all that together and understanding that it's time to lay it all out there on the line. Because when it's time to hang it up, I want to have no regrets."
DeRozan makes it clear he wants to focus on moving forward instead of reliving what took place in Toronto. He doesn't want to discuss his struggles with depression, although the new Spur says he's "feeling great" mentally. But DeRozan acknowledges that fully focusing on what's next is impossible without overcoming the pain he endured this summer. Asked if he's hurt by what happened in Toronto and whether he sees it as a motivating force, DeRozan doesn't hesitate.
"Both, without a doubt," he says. "I definitely was extremely hurt. I'd be lying if I told you I wasn't. I always made it clear that Toronto was where I wanted to retire. You never heard a player say that. No star player. Nobody. My whole objective being there was fighting against the stigma that guys didn't want to play there. As it happened to me, when I gave everything I could on the court and off the court, it definitely hurt. It definitely hurt. To feel like, 'Damn, I wasn't nothing? I wasn't this? All right, cool. Now, I'm going to show you.'"
hope itmotivates demar to play better this season..so far he’s playing well..
he needs to improve 3pt shot
he needs an elite 3+d player alongside him.... i dont think going after butler is the solution who probably wants 20+, like i said shouldve ask for raptors wings or green had no business being included in that trade
but then again whose to say green wont be playing like that today if he was still a spur?
I think Green would play just as well. Contract year
DeMar still out there balling every game. Thread deserves a bump.
I agree, he really deserved a better support roster this season, he's one of the only guys out there who is not to blame for poor performance of the team
as well as he deserves to be a better 1 on 1 defender
Bumping the safe house. DD trying hard to put out this roster dumpster fire. 36 points, 8 rebounds, 9 assists.
I hope we play the lakers every night so that he can produce those number every night
GAME LOG
DATE OPP SCORE MIN FGM-FGA FG% 3PM-3PA 3P% FTM-FTA FT% REB AST BLK STL PF TO PTS Mon 1/7
- @
- DET
W 119-107 34 12-21 .571 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 7 9 2 2 5 2 26 Sat 1/5
- vs
- MEM
W 108-88 34 3-10 .300 0-0 .000 6-7 .857 9 4 0 1 2 5 12 Thu 1/3
- vs
- TOR
W 125-107 33 7-15 .467 0-0 .000 7-7 1.000 14 11 0 2 2 3 21 Mon 12/31
- vs
- BOS
W 120-111 35 6-18 .333 0-0 .000 1-1 1.000 7 10 0 1 1 1 13 Sat 12/29
- @
- LAC
W 122-111 38 9-19 .474 0-1 .000 7-7 1.000 13 6 1 4 3 3 25 Last 5 Games 34.8 7.4-16.6 .446 0.0-0.2 .000 4.6-4.8 .958 10.0 8.0 0.6 2.0 2.6 2.8 19.4
Lol OPWelcome our newest cancer! All aboard!!
he's been great tbh, but derozan is known for his regular seasons
also original thread le was much better tbh
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