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The Chicago Bulls traded DeMar DeRozan to the Sacramento Kings in a sign-and-trade deal involving the San Antonio Spurs.
The Spurs will receive Harrison Barnes in the deal.
The Bulls receive Chris Duarte, two second-round picks, and cash.
DeRozan signed a three-year, $70 million contract.
pushfloater wrote:Did the Kings get better or worse?
SirWashington wrote:pushfloater wrote:Did the Kings get better or worse?
Haha, please. This definitely improved the Kings, come on. You must be a Warriors or Lakers fan, don’t hate.
Despite being older, Derozan has been one of the most clutch and effective midrange scorers in the league. Dude will definitely help that club, no doubt.
Derozan > Barnes
He ought to be good for two more very productive years, at least.
pushfloater wrote:SirWashington wrote:pushfloater wrote:Did the Kings get better or worse?
Haha, please. This definitely improved the Kings, come on. You must be a Warriors or Lakers fan, don’t hate.
Despite being older, Derozan has been one of the most clutch and effective midrange scorers in the league. Dude will definitely help that club, no doubt.
Derozan > Barnes
He ought to be good for two more very productive years, at least.
He’s not a better defender than Barnes and although he’s much better on offense overall. Their spacing is off unless Sabonis starts attempting 3s. Teams will be able to help more than usual. I think they’ll miss the playoffs again.
hyberx wrote:How did Paul George get a 4-year for $212 million max while DeRozan, a year older, more clutch, and more durable, gets this? Now way PG is that much better.
The 76ers were so desperate that they were willing to sell there children to get P George who is often injured and rarely shows op during the Playoffs! Like Barkley said why gwy call him Playoff P because he has no impact on those games!spree2kawhi wrote:hyberx wrote:How did Paul George get a 4-year for $212 million max while DeRozan, a year older, more clutch, and more durable, gets this? Now way PG is that much better.
This. It’s unbelievable.
The 76ers were so desperate that they were willing to sell there children to get P George who is often injured and rarely shows up during the Playoffs! Like Barkley said why they call him Playoff P because he has no impact on those games!spree2kawhi wrote:hyberx wrote:How did Paul George get a 4-year for $212 million max while DeRozan, a year older, more clutch, and more durable, gets this? Now way PG is that much better.
This. It’s unbelievable.
aSports_Prophet wrote:Demar is a far better player then Barnes!
spree2kawhi wrote:hyberx wrote:How did Paul George get a 4-year for $212 million max while DeRozan, a year older, more clutch, and more durable, gets this? Now way PG is that much better.
This. It’s unbelievable.
ontnut wrote:spree2kawhi wrote:hyberx wrote:How did Paul George get a 4-year for $212 million max while DeRozan, a year older, more clutch, and more durable, gets this? Now way PG is that much better.
This. It’s unbelievable.
Did y'all forget there's 2 sides to ball?
Not only can PG13 actually hit a 3 on high volume and efficiency (38.5% career versus 29.6%), he's actually, despite the slight decline, still a plus defender. Demar operates heavily in the mid range and doesn't space the floor. He's not nearly as plug-and-play as PG13 into any team.
Also, did y'all forget how bad Demar was in the playoffs? He was basically shipped out of Toronto despite being a fan favourite because he'd consistently disappear in the playoffs. Since then, he's only been to the playoffs once with SA (where he played well), and the once with CHI (which he shouldn't have made...if the entire Raptors team didn't fold to his daughter screaming during their free throws). He shot 41% in that CHI PO series, and was 0% from 3 in his last 3 PO series.
It's excruiatingly difficult to build a contender with a wing who doesn't even attempt 3's.
ontnut wrote:spree2kawhi wrote:hyberx wrote:How did Paul George get a 4-year for $212 million max while DeRozan, a year older, more clutch, and more durable, gets this? Now way PG is that much better.
This. It’s unbelievable.
Did y'all forget there's 2 sides to ball?
Not only can PG13 actually hit a 3 on high volume and efficiency (38.5% career versus 29.6%), he's actually, despite the slight decline, still a plus defender. Demar operates heavily in the mid range and doesn't space the floor. He's not nearly as plug-and-play as PG13 into any team.
Also, did y'all forget how bad Demar was in the playoffs? He was basically shipped out of Toronto despite being a fan favourite because he'd consistently disappear in the playoffs. Since then, he's only been to the playoffs once with SA (where he played well), and the once with CHI (which he shouldn't have made...if the entire Raptors team didn't fold to his daughter screaming during their free throws). He shot 41% in that CHI PO series, and was 0% from 3 in his last 3 PO series.
It's excruiatingly difficult to build a contender with a wing who doesn't even attempt 3's.
sw995 wrote:Did he really turn down 2/80 with the bulls for this?
hype_2004 wrote:How the **** did Paul George and his wonky knees get 200+ mil for 5 years while DeMar only gets 75mil for 3 yrs, both are 34-35 yrs old separated by months is Paul George really that much better than DeMar right now? George doesn't play a lick of defense anymore, so it comes down to threes, is hitting threes on a better percentage is worth more than twice the contract he is being paid by the Sixers? Seems he hustled Morey and got his bag, damn.
Risk Addict wrote:sw995 wrote:Did he really turn down 2/80 with the bulls for this?
He wanted job security of a 3 year deal, I don’t think the money was as important. He wants to climb all time scorer leader board… that’s more important to him than winning a championship or making more money I believe.