Two games won't make or break DeMar DeRozan's foray into unrestricted free agency this summer.
At least he should hope that's the case. The two-time All-Star shot 5-of-19 from the floor during the Toronto Raptors' 100-90 loss to the Indiana Pacers in Game 1 of the teams' first-round postseason series and followed that by failing to get to the free-throw line in Game 2—for the first time in over a year.
Whatever credibility DeRozan lost early in these playoffs, he recouped some with a 21-point night to help Toronto coast to a 101-85 Game 3 victory at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
"The angle of our screens, the type of screens we were setting for him, hopefully loosened him up a bit," Raptors head coach Dwane Casey said, per ESPNNewYork.com's Mike Mazzeo. "But at the end of the day, he made shots. That's kind of simplistic, but that's kind of what he did."
And that's what his next team—be it the Raptors or one of a slew of suitors from around the NBA in July—will expect from him, assuming he declines his player option for 2016-17. DeRozan has fashioned himself into one of the game's elite slashers, b ...
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To Max or Not to Max: Is DeMar DeRozan Worth Leading-Man Money?
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