In the history of the NBA, there are many, many successful people, Jordan, Kobe, James, Magic Johnson, etc., but there are also many frustrated people, such as Iverson, Maddy, Miller, Ewing, etc., who have become uncrowned kings. Speaking of the current NBA star, DeRozan is definitely a big disappointment, and his career is full of twists and turns.
DeRozan is a rookie in 2009, he is far from the same as Evans, Jenkins, Curry, etc., quickly showed his talent, but slowly grew up in the Raptors, gradually became a member of the team, and then Gay left the team, the Raptors established him and Lowry's core duo, DeRozan also came to his peak.
From the 14-15 season to the 17-18 season, it was undoubtedly the best 4 years of DeRozan's career, he not only played the best performance, but also led the Raptors to the 1st and 2th Eastern Conference Finals, reaching his peak! But at this stage, DeRozan met his biggest enemy- James, so that he never stepped onto the stage of the Finals.
The results of consecutive failures are terrible! Yes, DeRozan was eventually abandoned by the Raptors in exchange for Leonard, who helped the team win the championship in his first year of coming to the Raptors, which is a great irony for DeRozan.
Leonard's success has put DeRozan under tremendous pressure, and even more helplessly, in the Spurs, even with Popovich's guidance, the team has not been able to stop the downward trend. After 3 years of Spurs career and missing out on the playoffs for the last 2 years, DeRozan felt deeply tired.
That's why, before the start of the 2021-2022 season, DeRozan wants to hold his thighs and team up with other stars! Each other, as their hometown team and the Lakers who own James, have undoubtedly become the best place for DeRozan.
DeRozan wants to join the Lakers, and made a promise of salary cut, James and thick eyebrows are also overjoyed, James even before DeRozan has joined the team, has begun to eat with DeRozan, planning the future! Unfortunately, it was this "match made in heaven" marriage that, at the last moment, was PASSed by the Lakers, and they chose Wei Shao, who was more famous and paid more.
Rejected by the Lakers, DeRozan had no choice but to join the Bulls! But the lost East, harvesting mulberry elm, came to the Bulls' DeRozan, but ushered in a new world.
The Bulls are not strong, the team did not even play in the playoffs last season, but this team is not willing to be mediocre, while getting DeRozan, they also won Ball, making the Bulls form a combination of 4 giants of Ravin + Vucevic + Bauer + DeRozan, which has a not weak competitiveness in the league, and DeRozan has found himself in this system! In the Bulls, there is enough offensive talent, organizational talent, which makes DeRozan not need to play the role of organizer as in the Spurs; nor is it like in the Raptors, the offensive end is weak, here he only needs to play his talent.
In this soil, DeRozan has played 51 games for the Bulls this season, averaging 27.4 points, 5.2 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game, shooting 51% from the field, reaching the peak of personal data, and once again being selected for the All-Star starting lineup.
Of course, the personal honor made DeRozan happy and proved his worth again, but for the 32-year-old veteran, it was even more gratifying to see a group of like-minded teammates, especially Lavin. This season, at the same time as the explosion of DeRozan, LaVine's performance has not fallen in the slightest, averaging 24.9 points per game, ranking 12th in the league in scoring, 2 people have played until now, and there are 25+ performances in 18 games, and the 2 people have averaged 52 points per game, becoming the 1st pair in the league, shocking the whole league.
The combination with Lavin reached the top of the league No. 1, and also led the Bulls to a 34-21 record, only 1 game away from the 1st in the East, DeRozan gained personal data in the Bulls, a perfect teammate, and saw the perfect opportunity to win the championship, he walked a good road after being rejected by the Lakers.
On the other hand, give up DeRozan and choose the Lakers of Westbrook! Playing no one, no ghost, currently only 26 wins and 30 losses, ranking 9th in the West, is likely to miss the playoffs, and replacing DeRozan's Wei Shao has become a drag that the Lakers can't send away. Rejecting DeRozan, the Lakers looked away this time, but at the same time promoted the birth of the 1st duo of the league, and DeRozan also had to thank the Lakers for their fulfillment.