DeMar DeRozan was ‘hurt’ when LeBron James left Eastern Conference
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San Antonio Spurs’ superstar DeMar DeRozan reveals his thoughts when LeBron James left the Eastern Conference. LeBron was arguably the most dominant player in the last decade in the Eastern Conference making 8 playoff appearances and winning on 3 occasions. He dominated the Toronto Raptors which had DeMar DeRozan, so much that his record was 12-2 in the playoffs against them. The brutality was so fierce, fans used to call Raptors as ‘LeBronto’.
When LeBron was with the Cleveland Cavaliers, Toronto vs Cleveland was one of the biggest match-ups of the Eastern Conference. Talking about DeRozan’s move from the Raptors to the Spurs after 2018, it just hasn’t been successful so far. With the potential he has, it hasn’t been payed off yet even in a single season with the Spurs.
“Only one moth*rf*ck*r we haven’t got past” DeMar DeRozan on LeBron James
“I remember when we lost that last series, I knew something was gonna happen. Whether your know firing a coach or trading me or Kyle [Lowry]. I just knew something was gonna happen… ‘Bron decides to go to LA, so we’re like, well sh*t, that’s the only person we lost to, maybe we have one more chance at this thing.”
“That kinda like eased our mind for a second because we were like, man there’s only one motherf**ker that we haven’t been able to get past. Like F**k it, we are about to at least run it back one more time and give it a shot.”
While DeMar and Kyle were expecting to play another year as a lethal duo, the organization had other plans. They traded DeRozan for Kawhi- a move which brought them success. But DeMar was pretty upset about this move.
“At that time, I was 9 years in fully dedicated, I wanted one more shot at it, especially with ‘Bron being gone. And to not get that opportunity, that’s what hurt the most instead of getting traded.”
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