He stepped up last night when it mattered.
I don't think he stepped up at all: 6-13 from 2, 2 TO, 4 rebounds (his 9 assist were lateral passes for jump shots and a lucky bounce in the lane). Sure, he got two good baskets when nobody was guarding him from 20 feet, important shots no doubt: but I would call them almost automatic for a standard NBA guard.
I wish he will take the good from this game (there was some) and bring it to the next one. But honestly, he played like crap 90% of his time on the floor.
Pretty remarkable that the Spurs are 25-19 when their two star players kind of look like this...
on/off numbers 2018-19
LMA -9.4
DDR -11.6
Others....
Bryn Forbes -7.7
Pau Gasol -5.8
M. Belinelli +2.7
Derrick White +3.2
Davis Bertans +12.1
Rudy Gay +0.4
Jacob Poeltl +8.5
Paddy Mills +8.7
He only stepped up because pop have him the ball. He moved White off- ball and let every possession run through DeMar. Pop had got to figure out what to do, because DeMar clearly doesn't even want to participate when White is running point.
This dude is such a diva
His playmaking was on point. Could've been more aggressive but he came through in the 4th quarter
Miss Kawhi yet?
That's BS. Derrick White as the ball handler is relatively new. Of course chemistry will be affected. Also, Demar will not be the same off the ball. It's just something we have to deal with. He his stepping up his defense and rebounding. He has shown some frustration maybe but he has never quit on his team and does not seem to be taking a jealousy or dive standpoint at all. All assumptions at this point.
I suggest watching the games. Count the number of times he took any drives towards the basket after the Toronto game, or even the number of free throws he's taken. He's playing passive, without any heart. The dude is a diva
Lol. I've watched nearly every game this season including since the Toronto game. Demar is stuck in a system that awards spot up 3 pt shooters. Needs to make room for the Derrick White pic and roll and Aldirdge post up. He has cut to the basket plenty. Has it been very successful? No, but it has in spurts and that will come when more chemistry is built with White as the ball handler and vice versa.
Derozan will come out of his shooting slump very soon. His points going down might be a good thing for everyone as long as they are winning.
They literally say they want him to stay, but are glad to even have him for one season instead of DDRright..raps fans dont care if kawhi leaves
Lmao! Ppl say this every year
Ok. So your a bonafide hater. Love Kawhi more than the Spurs. Go be a Raptors fan. Not sure why you hang around the board so much just to trash your own team and defend a guy didn't want to be on the Spurs.
This 100%
He needs to come out of this slump soon or Spurs miss the playoffs
This is who he is, it's why the Raptors traded him, he's like a used car you buy and after some mileage on it the engine starts ing up and you're just like well , that's why he sold it.
I should change the thread le to "has become" a problem.
His ty at ude is affecting the whole team, he is taking shots that make no sense, most of the time on offense he is in the wrong spot as if he forgot the set or doesn't care.
Physical or mental, whatever it is, he must take more time off and get a grip of his situation. Right now he has no place on the team.
Derozan at his worst is a high minutes, high usage, no defense, chucker. The worst species of player. He's been ranked betweeen 100 and 200 in RPM for years. The Spurs' intelligencija was surely aware of the situation but a big name had to be replaced accordingly regardless of the content it seems.
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Literally everyone on here is thrashing him... Yet you single me out... So ur issue isn't what I'm saying... Your issue is ME
A Big Depression Problem.
You guys think Demar is depressed now? Wait til he misses the All Star Game (which is his real goal in any season and not the playoffs). He often takes his foot off the pedal in January when it looks like he'll make the game but I'm guessing that NOT being a shoe in or maybe not making it at all is what is messing with his head the most. The good news is that he tends to use these sort of snubs as motivation (think SI rankings), so after a rest during the ASG that he has to watch as a fan, you can count on a run of good games and helping the Spurs sneak into the playoffs. He'll give the fanbase some hope prior to breaking your hearts once the playoffs actually start and he turns into a s of himself and being nearly unplayable in 80% of the games.
You can only take that so many times in a row before you say NO MORE, which is what the Raptors did. Demar was being shopped for the whole prior season with no real talent being offered back that could be sold to the fanbase as worthy of replacing the face of the franchise. Kawhi and the Spurs were a godsend scenario for a GM ttrying to ditch Derozan before he wasted another season for the Raptors and damaged his rep even further.
Sorry, not sorry. So happy to be rid of that guy.
As Pop has said many times, basketball isn't that important, it's only a game..
Hopefully DeRozan finds peace within himself and gets over this, even if the Spurs miss the playoffs..
seconded. demar's depression is getting really ing annoying
26 million times annoying
What's really annoying is people blaming his depression for his poor play.
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