DeMar DeRozan took over the game once again, scoring 12 points on 5-of-5 shooting in the final quarter between the Bulls and the Hawks to help the Bulls narrowly beat the Hawks 112-108. Throughout the game, DeRozan scored 37 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists on 15 of 21 shooting, including 3 three-pointers, 2 of 7 free throws, and 5 free throws, which was another MVP-level performance. This season's DeRozan seems to have suddenly opened up, and the past eight games have averaged 38.4 points, 5.8 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game with 61.9% shooting, even leaving Wilt Chamberlain and Michael Jordan behind.
It may be understandable that the rebuilt Spurs sent DeRozan away in order to train young people, but the Management of the Bulls estimates that deRozan's salary this season is only $26 million, and in this era of 30 million and 40 million contracts, DeRozan's performance is really too good. Whenever this time comes, the Lakers' management always has to be scolded, they actually chose Russell Westbrook in the offseason, and there are revelations that the Lakers management does not want to give DeRozan a three-year contract.
Look at Westbrook's performance, look at DeRozan's performance; look at Westbrook's 44.21 million salary, and then look at DeRozan's 26 million salary. Lakers fans are really going to scold the street, why not get DeRozan out of the game? Even if you give him thirty million annual salary, you can do it! In fact, behind every transaction is the team to take what they need, that is, the Lakers have the heart to get DeRozan, and the Spurs may not be willing to make a deal with the Lakers, after all, the NBA player market is not a vegetable market, and the supply and demand relationship is not simply measured by money. At the same time, we also have to see the essential question: DeRozan really joined the Lakers, he will still have MVP-level performance?
The Bulls are actually the big winners in the 2021 offseason, they not only got DeRozan with a lower salary, but also brought in players such as Lonzo Ball, Alex Caruso, etc., plus the original Zach Lavin and Nikola Vucevic, the Bulls' lineup is not star-studded, but also has good fighting ability. But such a bull, DeRozan still has absolute ball rights, Lavine and Vucevic have become supporting roles, not to mention Bauer, Caruso and other players.
In the 56 games he has played, DeRozan has hit a total of 581 shots, of which 435 were unanswered, and most of his best mid-range stop jump shots have been completed by his own ball-holding attack. Two figures are the most telling: first, 64.4% of DeRozan's shots need to be dribbled more than 3 times; second, DeRozan has 81.7% of shots that require touching the ball for more than 3 seconds. In fact, these two statistics can illustrate a problem: DeRozan needs to have the ball in hand, then look for rhythm, and then maintain efficiency. And such an environment, the Lakers can not create.
In fact, DeRozan's no-ball level is not better than Westbrook's, the two are almost half a pound and eight-two, and DeRozan's three-point shots are very small, the production is not guaranteed at all, and his compatibility with LeBron James is also a huge problem. The Bulls gave DeRozan enough ball rights to give him absolute ball handling rights, and after coming to the Lakers, will he still have this treatment? The answer is obvious! Therefore, the phrase "what you can't get is always in turmoil" can best describe the mentality of some Lakers fans.
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