Brian Colangelo uses his pull and Demar Derozan gets a confidence boost

[heinz57]

i dunno... even with the regression last season, demar is still in the upper talent tier of the select team... even if it's the bottom of the upper level..

[isaacthompson]

Competition for playing time might be the best thing to happen to Derozan's career with with drafting TR and adding Fields who can play the SG position. Heading into the season where Demar will become a RFA, he's at the crossroads, a make it or break it point. There is a lot of financial reward at stake so lets hope DD rises to the occasion.

he's at the same "make it or break it" point as Ed Davis this year

[Employee]

Yeah dude you're reading too much into it. The state of 2 guards in the NBA is the weakest it's been in years.

[stretch]

Competition for playing time might be the best thing to happen to Derozan's career with with drafting TR and adding Fields who can play the SG position. Heading into the season where Demar will become a RFA, he's at the crossroads, a make it or break it point. There is a lot of financial reward at stake so lets hope DD rises to the occasion.

[Lark Benson]

Blows my mind that people are still so high on DeRozan after three years of poor production, inconsistent play, and not nearly enough improvement. I just don't get it. As of this moment he's a shooting guard that can't shoot, can't create his own shot, can't create shots for others, struggles off the bounce, struggles to drive through even a mildly congested lane and to finish through contact struggles to finish through contact (I've never seen anyone get stripped of the ball so often in my life), doesn't defend well, doesn't rebound well, and generally shows a pretty average basketball IQ. Literally the only thing he brings right now is a midrange game coming off of screens, and he still doesn't shoot a very high percentage in those situations. Oh and he gets to the line. Sometimes.

For those of you claiming he'll be an all-star this season, you're about to be in for a big shock as he'll no longer be force-fed the ball on a team with a lot more options this season. I sincerely hope he proves me wrong, but it would take huge improvements in a LOT of areas for that to happen.

[charlz]

He's going to become an all star soon. Derozan has too much talent to not

BIG TALENT does not always = ALL STAR

DeRozen needs to:
become more consistent
be able to score when he is the focus of the Defense
Use his ability to become a better defender

[Bendit]

You could think about it from DeMar's point of view too. Does he think that he deserves this or does he think that BC hooked him up? We'll probably never know (unless it's actually pointed out, but I doubt that). All in all I say it's a great thing to be part of a bigger, more skilled team. I remembered when I first played on my provincial team, I was proud representing Manitoba and being acknowledge as one of the provincials best! The down side... getting dunk on by a future NBA'er... Toby Bailey.

*update* I also forgot to mention, upside: playing the P&R with Todd McCullough LMAO!

Nice accomplishment for you. Good memories.

[mcHAPPY]

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[qb5PHILA@hotmail.com]

if greg stiemsma got invited then i am fairly sure that demar derozan deserves to go

[10 000 Hours]

He's going to become an all star soon. Derozan has too much talent to not

I wish I could be as sure as you, but I'm just not so sure yet.

[golden]

No, I don't think Jerry Colangelo had anything to do with validating a move made by his son. No sir. And I'm sure there was no family influence in the decision to hire Jay Triano as an assistant coach of the US Olympic team.

[Ion66]

I think the real benefit is seeing and being around the level of play that exists on the Select and Olympic teams. I'd rather see him realize the amount of work that perennial all-stars put into every aspect of the game, than to simply get an ego boost from making the team. Playing pickup games and dunking is an ego boost, hopefully this was more of a lesson and an inspiration.

[RPT23]

You could think about it from DeMar's point of view too. Does he think that he deserves this or does he think that BC hooked him up? We'll probably never know (unless it's actually pointed out, but I doubt that). All in all I say it's a great thing to be part of a bigger, more skilled team. I remembered when I first played on my provincial team, I was proud representing Manitoba and being acknowledge as one of the provincials best! The down side... getting dunk on by a future NBA'er... Toby Bailey.

*update* I also forgot to mention, upside: playing the P&R with Todd McCullough LMAO!

[SuperRaptor]

Don't get me wrong Demar has a lot of potential and has made huge strides over the last 2 years. People consider last year to sort of be a year where he stepped back a bit, but I think the fact that Bargnani was injured and other teams "locked in" more on Demar is what slowed him down.

I still think that this move was exactly what Demar needed to help him take the next step, and if BC can do anything to help facilitate that he definitely would've. The Colangelo Connection.

[NoPropsneeded]

He's going to become an all star soon. Derozan has too much talent to not