Strange autumn-winter break obliges, TrashTalk is looking this year at… 74 individual profiles. Why 74? Oh, nothing to do with Haute-Savoie eh, despite the adoration of some for Sainte-Raclette, but rather because these analyzes will take us quietly towards 2021. Because yes, we can confirm it to you, this sordid year 2020 will soon affect its end, it was about time. Today, we are interested in DeMar DeRozan, still at Spurs but probably not for very long.
Two and a half years after arriving in San Antonio as part of the transfer of Kawhi Leonard, DeMar DeRozan had the option of becoming a free agent during the 2020 offseason. In the end, he chose the $ 27.7 million his offer was offering. player option to extend into Texas. All this to get better transferred?
Because yes, you have to expect to see DeMar DeRozan’s name in the rumors. This was already the case just before the transfer market opened in mid-November when his blaze was associated with that of the Lakers, and it could come back again, especially as the trade deadline approaches. Unsurprisingly, DeMar took the greenbacks that were on the table thanks to his player option, even if some hallway noise suggested that he was not very happy on the San Antonio side. The 31-year-old full-back just didn’t want to pass up $ 27.7million, so is officially under contract for another season with Spurs. It remains to be seen if this agreement will last until the end, with a DeMar turning 22-6-6 in a franchise that today seems a notch below the Playoffs caliber teams in the West (despite a really interesting bubble, where DMDR played a winger with lots of kids around), or if he’ll pack his bags before through a transfer. Because he clearly has the profile to be exchanged. Last year of contract, a team of Spurs which rebuilds with in particular young people on the external posts, a still productive veteran who can immediately help, we say to ourselves that there is a way to see DeRozan in another jersey in the not too distant future. If the San Antonio franchise can recoup an attractive consideration in a DMDR transfer, they are not going to deny it knowing that there is a good chance that they will pack their bags in 2021 at the latest. His future is not written in Texas and the Spurs may also want to move on, LaMarcus Adridge also being in his last year of contract. Suddenly, we can already begin to imagine the rest. What if we saw a return to Toronto? After all, DeMar went to see Raptors boss Masai Ujiri in the bubble for a big hug, proof that water has flowed under the bridges since the summer 2018 transfer. Clearly that would be a great story. What about the Pistons, where is his former coach Dwane Casey? The Lakers, his franchise of heart?
No matter where he will play in the years to come, DeMar DeRozan does not forget where he came from. Born in Compton, in the south of Los Angeles, DMDR wore the colors of the university of USC for a year, where he raised his rating before running for the 2009 Draft. The number 10 he wore among the Trojans is retired today, and DeMar wanted to give his old school a big boost. Recently, he took out the checkbook to allow an XXL renovation of the weight room of the Galen Center. While the donation amount was not disclosed, no USC-trained NBA player had released so many dollars before DeRozan. A very nice gesture, which will allow the Trojans to work in good conditions. No excuse to skip weight training sessions.
“We basically have it all.”
The new Galen Center weight room, all made possible by @DeMar_DeRozan, thanks to the largest gift ever by a #USCtotheNBA alum. #FightOn pic.twitter.com/jQFtMov7yU
— USC Trojans (@USC_Athletics) October 30, 2020
- Hype gauge upon arrival in the League: 60%
- Current Hype Gauge: 65%
- Hall of Fame entry gauge: 40%
- The one he would like to become: Kobe Bryant
- The One He Hopes Not To Become: Nick Young
DeMar DeRozan is still a solid player in the NBA. A solid player who plays like in the early 2000s, because mid-distance is life. Now, with Spurs looking to rebuild, he is expected to move soon, to start a new chapter in his career.
