A few days ago, DeMar DeRozan explained that some teams had offered him minimum wage a year ago, before he arrived in Chicago. A heresy in view of his past season – his career best in “scoring” with an average of 28 points – and the start of his new exercise.
Last night on the floor of the Heat, the 33-year-old left on the same offensive bases as last year. In the absence of his friend at the back Zach LaVine, he took things in hand by returning an impressive copy to 37 points (14/22 on shots including 2/3 from afar), 9 assists, 6 rebounds, 2 interception and 1 against for 42 of evaluation.
Not bad for a player some players wanted to sell off when he left Spurs…” Few guys in this league work as hard as me “Recalls the rear of the Bulls at the start of his 14th season.
Author of only nine points in the first period, the rear began his festival in the third quarter with 17 points. Kyle Lowry’s great friend, his evening opponent, took advantage of favorable “switches” by targeting Tyler Herro in particular in defense. But even when Jimmy Butler or Caleb Martin wanted to take up his case, he always found a parade.
A cerebral gamer in action
Not awkward by far, with an award-winning basket in dagger mode three minutes from time, he did most of his damage in his usual peripheral play, with plenty of baseline shots. Above all, the Bulls’ attack turned out much better when he was in play, as evidenced by his +13 score.
” I think his whole routine, what he does in the summer and the effort he puts in prepares him for these situations. And he takes great care of himself. He’s really, really cerebral. He’s a smart player “, greets Billy Donovan.
For the record, it was his second biggest offensive card for an opener behind a 40-point outing in 2016, while still wearing the Raptors jersey.
Despite this big first outing, the MVP of the evening retains above all the efforts of his team. “ We had a great experience last year in terms of learning. We have this plan and we’re sticking to it. Basketball IQ, grit, brawling, attention to detail late in the game: we did a great job in that area. “.
| DeMar DeRozan | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Crew | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2009-10 | TOR | 77 | 22 | 49.8 | 25.0 | 76.3 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 8.6 |
| 2010-11 | TOR | 82 | 35 | 46.7 | 9.6 | 81.3 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 17.2 |
| 2011-12 | TOR | 63 | 35 | 42.2 | 26.1 | 81.0 | 0.6 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 16.7 |
| 2012-13 | TOR | 82 | 37 | 44.5 | 28.3 | 83.1 | 0.6 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 18.1 |
| 2013-14 | TOR | 79 | 38 | 42.9 | 30.5 | 82.4 | 0.7 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 22.7 |
| 2014-15 | TOR | 60 | 35 | 41.3 | 28.4 | 83.2 | 0.7 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 20.1 |
| 2015-16 | TOR | 78 | 36 | 44.6 | 33.8 | 85.0 | 0.8 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 23.5 |
| 2016-17 | TOR | 74 | 35 | 46.7 | 26.6 | 84.2 | 1.0 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 3.9 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 27.3 |
| 2017-18 | TOR | 80 | 34 | 45.6 | 31.0 | 82.5 | 0.7 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 5.2 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 23.0 |
| 2018-19 | SAN | 77 | 35 | 48.1 | 15.6 | 83.0 | 0.7 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 21.2 |
| 2019-20 | SAN | 68 | 34 | 53.1 | 25.7 | 84.5 | 0.7 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 22.1 |
| 2020-21 | SAN | 61 | 34 | 49.5 | 25.7 | 88.0 | 0.7 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 6.9 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 21.6 |
| 2021-22 | CHI | 76 | 36 | 50.4 | 35.2 | 87.7 | 0.7 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 27.9 |
| 2022-23 | CHI | 1 | 36 | 63.6 | 66.7 | 63.6 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 9.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 37.0 |
| Total | 958 | 34 | 46.5 | 28.9 | 83.7 | 0.7 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 20.8 | |
