The Toronto Raptors enter the 2024-25 NBA season as a rebuilding crew as they don’t have a lot exterior of Scottie Barnes and a few different younger prospects.
Toronto signaled their intent to rebuild once they traded each Pascal Siakam and O.G. Anunoby final season, and it was the best transfer because the crew was rapidly falling behind within the Japanese Convention.
The Raptors did effectively to seize the 2019 NBA Championship, although it got here at the price of buying and selling away franchise star DeMar DeRozan.
Toronto dealt away DeRozan to usher in Kawhi Leonard, although the gamble paid off because the latter led them to the franchise’s first title.
DeRozan is now with the Sacramento Kings and stays among the finest pure scorers within the league, although he’s nonetheless trying to find his first ring.
So far as his relationship with the Raptors goes, DeRozan stated he’s open to retiring with the crew if the chance presents itself through Doug Smith.
“If I had the opportunity to do something like that, you can’t turn something like that down, to put on that jersey for the last time, because it was the first jersey you put on,” DeRozan stated.
DeMar DeRozan on retiring as a Raptor:
“If I had the opportunity to do something like that, you can’t turn something like that down, to put on that jersey for the last time, because it was the first jersey you put on.”
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— Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) September 15, 2024
DeRozan is beloved in Toronto for his time there, and it might be fairly the sight to see him return to the crew and retire with them on the finish of his profession.
The capturing guard is criminally underrated for his capacity to attain due to his lack of playoff success, however means quite a bit to the Raptors franchise.
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