How Demar Derozan Choked his way off the Toronto Raptors
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Recently on a episode of First Take, Demar Derozan claimed that with Lebron James gone from the Eastern Conference he would’ve won the 2019 NBA Championship! Well I and many people disagree. With his style of play, his mental shortcomings, the fact that he isn’t a superstar in this league, and many other things go into why he was traded away from the Raptors. So in today’s video let’s talk about Demar Derozan’s playoff appearances with the Raptors and all the things that went into Masai Ujiri making quite possibly the biggest trade gamble in NBA History and why it was deserved.
Chapters:
0:00:00 – 0:02:40 Intro
0:02:40 – 0:04:27 Gametime AD
0:04:27 – 0:17:13 2014 Demar’s First Playoff Appearance
0:17:13 – 0:28:00 2015 The Raptors get Swept
0:28:00 – 0:48:41 2016 Toronto’s First Taste of Lebron
0:48:41 – 1:02:23 2017 A Embarrassing Sweep
1:02:23 – 1:18:53 2018 The Uncomfortable Truth of Demar Derozan
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Dewayne Casey wasn't the first coach to be fired immediately after winning Coach of the Year.
Check George Karl of the 2012-2013 Denver Nuggets
27:00 I miss that wizards team
I deadass use to feel sorry for da man. But after that stint he pulled earlier this year can't lie he deserves to be chipless. Nothing but faxx in this video my man. Great job!!!
The Raptors lowkey disrespected Lou Williams
DEMAR, U WASNT THAT NIGGAH BRUH
good research and video! thx.
The amount of ads put in this video god damn…
When I heard that DeMar DeRozen struggles with depression, mental health, and anxiety. When he helped to jump start the NBA Mental Health initiative program. As soon as I heard that, I knew we would never win with him as our main man. He lacked the confidence in himself at the biggest moments of pressure. You can't win if your leader is out there telling everyone that he feels defeated and depressed a lot.
If the raptors and Demar made it to the finals in 2016 and 2019 Steph&Co would have 6 rings by now very probably š
The irony of Lebron being on the receiving end of such bamboozlery against Jokic and the Nuggets since 2021
Basketball gods write amusing scripts sometimes
Ive literally never heard the narrative that Demar could of done the same thing Kawhi did but okay
Demar had us winning, to the point where we had championship aspiration. Now look at the team, nobody wants to play for the raptors, ether way they traded demar is unforgivable
I still wondering how no one have talked about the Raptors didn't make any trades in the 2015 trade deadline. if they made some trades by the trade deadline, they could have avoid being swept by the Wizards.
Demar playoff teams have a negative net rating with him on the court in every playoff series he`s ever played in with both the raps and spurs. Yet, when lowry was on and demar was off, the team was always significantly better and had positive net rating. Adding Leonard to an already solid team was an easy decision. Derozan is an 82 game player, not a 16 game player
Bro demar was never good enough the poor performances prove you this video would have never existed if he played well and still lost
Thought you might actually know hoopā¦then I heard you call Deron Williams āDaRonāā¦realized you just buying scripts on fiverā¦
28:15
cuz everything iām not made me everything i am
Demar is not confident in that interview, he was delusional. Every playoffs he underperforms. Leonard was a significantly better offensive player than demar and also 10 times a better defender than demar. Demar canāt defend to save his life. Why does he think he could win a championship? Even if LeBron was gone, he still had to face a jimmy butler lead Philly team and Giannis and then golden state(even if injured)
Bro everybody loose when it come to LeBron Paul George John wall Bradley Beal Derick rose Carmelo Anthony Dwight Howard Giannis Antetokounmpo couldnāt at first eaither
WTF HAPPENED TO THE SECOND CHANNEL NIGGA
Where is your rebuild channel
Sick of these negative videos
If Demar would have stayed with the Raptors back in 2018-19 they would have lost to the Bucks. Once I Demar stated this," If we had Lebron we would have won the series." I lost all respect for that dude. Demar is delusional.
instrumentals go hard
DD stayed while Mighty Mouse, Carter, Bosh, Tracy and Kawhi sold out. God bless DD forever! ā¤