Nilanka wrote:
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He's been an effective facilitator and contributed in more areas, including solid rebounding and man-to-man defense (he so often gets made to look like a lost puppy in DC's scramble system).
Even though he took 26 shots against Houston, the majority of them were attacking the basket or from what I would consider good looks. There was a stretch early in the game when he was being lazy and resorting to hero-ball, really forcing his own game, but then he seemed to switch gears entirely; I was quite impressed.
The biggest 'haters' have said for years that if DeRozan would play like this more consistently (more all around contribution, rather than just forcing his offense to pad his scoring stats), that he would be hugely beneficial to the team.
The only other issue I see factoring into any trade/keep DeRozan discussion, is the ETO, which could leave the Raptors high and dry.
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