USC Basketball: Trojan-Turned-All-Star Plays Another Sport With Future Hall Of Famers

Chicago Bulls small forward DeMar DeRozan, a one-and-done USC Trojans Pac-10 Tournament MVP in 2008-09, is a six-time All-Star and three-time All-NBA selection. His individual on-court achievements, pedigree on several deep playoff Toronto Raptors clubs (and some shallow playoff San Antonio Spurs and Chicago Bulls clubs), and 21,685 career regular season points and counting have him well positioned for inclusion in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

But he was probably the least-accomplished player among his own workout group on Thursday.

That's because he got in a star-studded group workout in his native Los Angeles. His group included Golden State Warriors stars Chris Paul (a 12-time All-Star, 11-time All-NBA selection, and nine-time All-Defensive Teamer who finished second in MVP voting in 2007-08 and has appeared in one NBA Finals), Draymond Green (a four-time NBA champion, four-time All-Star, two-time All-NBA selection, eight-time All-Defensive Teamer, and the 2017 Defensive Player of the Year), and free agent center Dwight Howard (a 2020 NBA champion as a reserve and an NBA Finals runner-up in 2009 as the best player, an eight-time All-Star and All-NBA honoree, and a three-time Defensive Player of the Year).

Dwight Howard, CP3, Draymond Green, and Demar Derozan tossing around the football early this morning 🔥

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— TheWarriorsTalk (@TheWarriorsTalk) September 22, 2023

DeRozan is no slouch, to be fair, but he was eventually throwing the pigskin around with three first-ballot Hall of Famers. At age 34, DeRozan is showing no signs of slowing down anytime soon, averaging 24.5 points on 50.4% shooting from the floor, 5.1 assists, 4.6 rebounds, 1.1 steals and 0.5 blocks a night in 2022-23 with a mediocre Chicago team.

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