Choker wrote:The problem with DeRozan's game is that he's not a quick enough decision maker. Last offseason Casey revolved the offense around a scoring guard who could be presented a plethora of options at his disposal. We saw how badly that turned out, DeRozan had one of the worst stretches I've seen from him in a while. The responsibilities on his shoulders was way too much for him to handle. It can be a beautiful thing to watch though in the hands of someone who makes quicker decisions, like when Lowry was slotted as the shooting guard with Vasquez at point. Lowry shredded defenses apart. I'll never forget that game in Utah where he destroyed them in almost every way imaginable. He attacked with conviction, which is something DeRozan doesn't do often.
There are small seams in the gap of the defenses that the truly great scorers exploit that allows them to wreck havoc to the defense. Often times I see DeRozan missing these gaps because he doesn't act quick enough, and the opportunity dwindles and closes on him, and the offense stagnates and he falls back on what he feels like is the best course of action at the moment, the long jumper.
I'm not even saying that DeRozan is slow, but to multi task and have a million things processing in your head and timing your decisions accordingly is not easy for any individual to handle. DeRozan functions well with a reduced role because he can focus on those things rather than worry about ten other things all at the same time. I've seen him look smooth and composed when he doesn't have to be the main guy on the team, like on Team USA. There he was told to just be a playmaker and opportunistic scorer and in the few minutes he got he looked fantastic doing exactly that.
Exactly what I was getting to in my point above. The longer he has the ball, and the more dribbles he employs, the lower his efficiency becomes.
