06-25-2021, 09:54 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-25-2021, 10:04 AM by HanspardsShowerVoice.)
(06-25-2021, 09:44 AM)Halfnir Wrote: I have no problem labeling DeRozan as a (maybe former) star. And i'm not saying he or anyone else is not a star BECAUSE he got traded. I just don't see him as a star that helps a team to win as the best or second best player on the team (which he was in Toronto together with Lowry). And esp. not today and not with the fit with Luka.
I dunno, I see several teams in the Conference Finals now with 1 superstar and some "borderline All Stars".
And also I don't hold it against Lowry that the Raptors "got better" when they traded him, considering they traded him for Top 5 player. I fully agree that DeRozan isn't as good as Kawhi. I'd love for the Mavs to get ahold of a legit Top 5 player en lieu of DeRozan. If you know of a way to get a Kawhi caliber player, I'm all ears. Please share your ideas. But the idea that the Raptors sucked with DeRozan as one of their feature players is a little hard for me to swallow. They won ~50+ games every year and then ran into to LeBron/Kyrie/Love in the Eastern Conference Finals two years in a row. There's no shame in that.
Also, speaking of LeBron and Kyrie Championship Winning Cavs, the idea that you can only have one player who handles the ball to have an effective offense like a weird thing to say.