DeRozan is becoming a problem

[Dex]

Out tomorrow with left knee soreness. He missed the Clippers game for "rest", and now it's becoming more apparent that he is injured.

May explain his poor play of late. Not sure if thats a good or bad sign.

Obviously its a problem when anybody gets injured...but hopefully that means he can get healthy and eventually get back to the way he was playing to start the season.

[Play Boban]

DDR has the worst effective field goal percentage on the team, and it’s not close. Cut this cancer.

[jmard5]

Seeing the same complaint against DeRozan when Aldridge was in his 1st year with the Spurs. Give him time. He could also be injured and didn't want to make it public.

[Chinook]

Seeing the same complaint against DeRozan when Aldridge was in his 1st year with the Spurs. Give him time. He could also be injured and didn't want to make it public.

Not just injury. Dude carried a huge load and isn't really young anymore. If DeMar is not feeling good physically, it wouldn't be a surprise. A lot of folks here worried about this back when the did was leading the league in total minutes played.

[Pavlov]

I'm SURE
Demar DeProzac was in the BACK getting TREATMENT and COULD NOT make it to SUPPORT his teammates on the Bench

ALL you KAWHI Haters need to SHUT THE UP about him not "Supporting his team"

Nope, Kawhi never supported his teammates after the unpleasantness.

If DDR never does again, that doesn't make anything Kawhi did right.

[duncan2k5]

Why isn't DDR sitting on the bench supporting the team? Not a leader... Bad teammate... Fake injury...

[SupremeGuy]

Not just injury. Dude carried a huge load and isn't really young anymore. If DeMar is not feeling good physically, it wouldn't be a surprise. A lot of folks here worried about this back when the did was leading the league in total minutes played.

Yeah it seems pretty obvious that he's worn out. Understandable. He came in feeling like he needed to prove himself and probably pushed himself too hard.

[LkrFan]

This thread is very insensitive and irresponsible..

DeRozan has a long history of mental health issues, which is far more important than the game of basketball..Spurs fans should be supporting him and trying to understand what he's going through, rather than turning their backs on him..

Y'all traded your franchise player for a coo coo clock?

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

Y'all traded your franchise player for a coo coo clock?

The Lakers are going to be the armpit of the NBA the day Lebron retires. The Lakers aren't going to get anything for their best player. Look forward to some more 20 win seasons Laker Fan.

[LkrFan]

The Lakers are going to be the armpit of the NBA the day Lebron retires. The Lakers aren't going to get anything for their best player. Look forward to some more 20 win seasons Laker Fan.

Yeah, okay

[RD2191]

Yeah, okay

The Lakers are trash, Juan Pablo, the sooner you accept it the better.

[LkrFan]

The Lakers are trash, Juan Pablo, the sooner you accept it the better.

[FrankC]

No All Star game will give him some #ProveEm motivation for a while, just in time to make 8th seed in the playoffs, and then post a PER of 12 in the playoffs with a TS% somewhere in the 40s... leading to yet another playoff sweep. Good times.

OK so I was off in my prediction. I was being a little facetious of course with the 12 PER and 40's TS%, but the general gist of this post/prediction mostly came true. There was a bump period in performance post ASG, helping the team squeak into the playoffs, only to play below his regular season standard once the playoffs hit. Managing to stay above 50 TS% and having 2 or 3 good games in the series instead of just one, should be considered a success and a step in the right direction. Who knows, maybe once he is going into his 11th playoffs he might actually be good enough for his role and usage, it's just too bad he'll be in his mid 30s and a 6th man by that point.