Report: DeMar DeRozan focused on re-signing with Raptors
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Free agent guard DeMar DeRozan is focused on re-signing with the Toronto Raptors, and hasn’t scheduled meetings with any other teams, ESPN’s Tim MacMahon reports.
DeRozan, 26, has spent his entire seven-career in Toronto. The two-time All-Star averaged 23.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game in 2015–16, and opted out of his contract at year’s end.
“My mind-set has always been Toronto,” DeRozan said during his exit interview. “I’ve always preached it. I was passionate about it when we were losing. When we were terrible I’d say ‘I’m going to stick through this whole thing and I want to be that guy who brings the organization to where it is now.’ I definitely don’t want to switch up after we win.”
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