Derozan interview on ESPN, Tues 10pm EST (TONIGHT!)

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[vaff87]

Hope lowry doesn't feel sour about the chances quote too

I'm gonna laugh so hard when Lowry throws Casey and DeMar under the bus for the playoff struggles in his typical passive aggressive manner. Man's tryna escape when Dellascrub busted his ass

Lowry was more than adequate in the post-season this year. He had a TS% of .659, for one thing.

[Mr.Raptorsingh]

Derozan felt disrespected.......and there is nothing wrong with that. Some of you need to figure out how to not get so bent out of shape about it & learn to be a little more understanding.

He'll learn some lessons from this. Its his first time moving organizations.....

There is a world of difference between being upset, and making defamatory comments about your employer on the way out.

I've seen the whole "fired from their job" comparison on here, and what Demar did was equivalent to getting fired (or transferred to another city) and then sending a group email to everyone he knows that the organization lies and cant be trusted. Then later on, when hearing what the company said in response to that (when they shouldn't have had to say anything at all) is to send out another passive aggressive message implying that's not true either (the facepalm). Then his agent doubles down and says the same thing. And now, in an actual interview, he backs away from the initial comments and says that the company's story was actually what happened, that there was a discussion about the future that he was relying on that was taken away when the company chose to change directions. Now he is saying he wanted to be warned in advance - not that he was lied to.

In other words, he started all this anti-Toronto hate over a false accusation.
(and this is why people are escorted out of some companies when they are let go - to prevent things from getting worse)


How can I expect his supporters to understand the difference when Demar himself probably doesn't?

Meh. Its all very innocent in my mind. I kind of expected this from him.

Based on what I have interpreted over the years, Demar is a salt of the earth kind of guy & loyalty is big on his moral standard.

Right now he is experiencing kind of a "moral injury". He wasn't treated in a way that he feels people should treat one another.........especially when those people have a solid relationship.

Is there some naivete on his behalf when it comes to the business side......sure.

I tend to be of the same opinion regarding this.

[Volcano]

wtf..DD didn't sacrifice sh-t..Raptors gave him everything he could have ever wanted

[VinBaker6]

“Maybe the cavs just have our number”

"No one is beating LeBron"

Kyle Lowry when the Raptors were down 2-0 and he got hurt

[Chandan]

DeMar DeLusional

[VinBaker6]

Hope lowry doesn't feel sour about the chances quote too

I'm gonna laugh so hard when Lowry throws Casey and DeMar under the bus for the playoff struggles in his typical passive aggressive manner. Man's tryna escape when Dellascrub busted his ass

Lowry was more than adequate in the post-season this year. He had a TS% of .650, for one thing.

I'm well aware of that. 14 he was solid and this year he was good. We can ignore the other years in between

[MEDIC]

From a human perspective I can understand Demar's frustration with essentially being labeled as a scapegoat; but from a basketball perspective, that comes with the territory of being a star and a leader.

Well said.

[Basketball_Jones]

DD felt entitled and above criticism. No surprise considering Casey babied him and Masai stuck with them for so long.

[VanWest82]

The Demar hate on here continues to be so sad. It was pretty clear from the beginning that Masai didn't exactly handle this situation well, and his half apology didn't make it any better. DD has a right to be pissed. He'll get over it though. Hopefully RealGM will too.

[bon]

I hate DeRozan

don't let the door hit you on the way out you crybaby. Lol at the "I sacrificed so much". bull. Lowry sacrificed his offense to make you look better when in reality he's the more efficient scorer and it would make more sense for him to take the most shots on the team.

[SurgeIblocka]

Masai has been more loyal than Demar. Part of loyalty is living up to your end of the bargain. Masai kept Demar 3 years more than he should have, based on his playoff performances. Most Gm’s would think about trading him after the Wiz series sweep and definitely after two failed series against the Cavs let alone a 3rd. You have been shipped out cause you couldnt cut it, and we are in the business of building a contender not a pretender.

[SharoneWright]

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LOL. Sorry to disturb your summer vacation. "Caught off guard" getting a sun tan. Some of us work 9-5 with no offseason. I have a feeling you'll regroup.

[Slo]

He´s like that chick you dump and if she would be quiet and crying you would feel real misserable and maybe even wanted her back.. but she keeps talking and being needy, clinging on so by day 2 youre like "best decision ever"

[Red_Claw]

Ive always been critical of Derozan but i HOPE within the next couple interviews or quotes he gives, theres an apology that follows for how he's acting now. He's looking to get booed in the city that gave him everything at this rate.

I don't think people should turn on him for this tbh. Its pretty normal for players to be mad at management when they get traded, especially when they didn't want to be traded

But it shouldn't be "normal". Again, be professional since you're working for a professional business. Masai did what hes paid for and brought in a better player on accolades alone. Masai is supposed to make the team better, not do what Derozan wants. He can be mad and frustrated behind closed doors, wouldn't hold it against him, but once he goes public, gloves are off.

I expected more from Derozan the man. Im very disappointed. I wouldn't boo him myself, but i wouldn't blame others if they did. Have some appreciation for the millions of dollars you get paid to do something you love.

[Lucky 24]

At the start of the off-Season didn't Masai say numerous times that no one on the team is untouchable and he will make changes? Shouldn't DeMar have realized that he was on the block to begin with? Very few players ever get told a head of time that a trade is coming because the reality is these things happen so quickly and with no certainty until the deal is finalized. DD simply had unrealistic expectations and he better learn from this because most GMs would have handled the situation in the exact same way.

[SharoneWright]

DD felt entitled and above criticism. No surprise considering Casey babied him and Masai stuck with them for so long.

No crap. He feels "disrespected"? After what goes on year after year in the playoffs, he should feel embarrassed.

[Red_Claw]

DD felt entitled and above criticism. No surprise considering Casey babied him and Masai stuck with them for so long.

Don't say i never And'1 you.......

[MavCarter]

At the start of the off-Season didn't Masai say numerous times that no one on the team is untouchable and he will make changes? Shouldn't DeMar have realized that he was on the block to begin with? Very few players ever get told a head of time that a trade is coming because the reality is these things happen so quickly and with no certainty until the deal is finalized. DD simply had unrealistic expectations and he better learn from this because most GMs would have handled the situation in the exact same way.

I don't think he thought he was untouchable i just think he was mentally prepared for next season with the raps after him and masai talked about expectations next season. Probably caught him off guard when the trade went down

[lebron stopper]

Scary link EVERYONE HIDE

Uh oh. I had ad blocker, but I'm sure those without it probably got bombarded with porno ads

Sometimes you forget there are 70 year geriatrics on the internet still using Internet Explorer and have their trial CD's of AOL on their computer desk.

Damn. I didn't think Ibaka was that bad.

u either die as a hero or live long enough to become the villain...

https://old.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/90klm6/derozan_is_leaving_a_hero_and_not_staying_long/

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lol chris haynes interviewing. this is gonna be ugly

Shouldn’t he be wearing a Spurs hat.

Hope lowry doesn't feel sour about the chances quote too

I'm gonna laugh so hard when Lowry throws Casey and DeMar under the bus for the playoff struggles in his typical passive aggressive manner. Man's tryna escape when Dellascrub busted his ass

Tbh

I love Demar Derozan always will.

Theres a Spurs forum for that.

Dont see the Vince fans on the Kings forum

Cause they keep making threads here