The world of basketball

Chapter 71 I am DeRozan

DeRozan didn't have a happy time last summer, because he didn't really want to leave the Raptors. Even though Toronto was cold, the exposure rate was not high, and James was a big mountain. He still didn't want to leave the Raptors. dragon.

He has lived in Toronto for nine years, starting in 09 when he was drafted.

There he gradually made many friends, including his neighbors, and of course his colleagues and teammates.

For example, Coach Casey, such as Lowry.

These two people played a very important role in his career with the Raptors. The former is a mentor and the latter is a brother.

Carter, McGrady, Bosh, etc. have not died in this city, and DeRozan hopes to play for this city until he retires, although he has some mild depression due to work, and the team of the old rival Cavaliers Cao Lefu is still a patient.

Both of them are very lucky. Although Love's data has dropped sharply because of playing next to James, Love has slowly recovered here. He likes the city of Cleveland very much and has gained a deep friendship with James.

DeRozan is also in Toronto. He enjoys the fun of playing here, and also gained friendship with Lowry. He knows that a large part of the credit for his gradually becoming more positive is the joy Lowry brings to him.

Basketball is very much a men's sport, not sexist or anything, but basketball, especially professional basketball, is more of a battle.

For example, DeRozan and Lowry are a pair of very close comrades in arms.

After Gay left, Lowry found DeRozan: "Hey, we have to perform well, this team is counting on us, really man, if we screw up, maybe we will go out. "

Therefore, these two young men became the twin stars of the Northland team.

At that time, Lowry didn't have much shooting ability, and neither did DeRozan. Their common favorite way to score was to get to the basket and score.

But if a team's [-] and [-] aren't shooting, who do you expect to shoot?

So Lowry developed his own three-point long-range shooting ability.

And DeRozan, the absolute fan of No. 24, the kid who often imitated Kobe's play, picked up his mid-range weapon again.

In fact, his mid-range distance in his rookie season was fairly reliable, but he used it less, and the dragon king of the team at that time was Chris Bosh, the top three power forwards of the year.

Slowly, DeRozan's offensive methods not only rely on his explosive body, one-step assault to the basket to end, but more on the use of mid-range.

There are many good players in the middle distance in this league. The first ones that come to mind are Jordan, Kobe, and then the CIC king Hamilton. Paul has a steady middle distance.

But now think of who are the strongest mid-range players in active service?

Of course, Paul's mid-range free throw line is still very strong, and Durant's mid-range shot is absolutely unsolvable.

There is also DeRozan, who eats with his back alone, dribbles with the rhythm to open the space and shoots or directly pulls up the jumper. He has achieved a relatively extreme level of mid-range.

With his middle distance and breakthrough, DeRozan has been able to enter the All-Star lineup in the East all year round. He is very strong, and he and Lowry form the Raptors All-Star backcourt.

But, DeRozan never thought that Coach Casey would dismiss get out of class in the summer. Coach Casey, who had just led the team to No. [-] in the Eastern Conference and just refreshed the team's historical victory, dismissed get out of class.

What followed was that trade, Leonard + Danny Green went to the Raptors, and the price of the Raptors was Bolter + DeRozan + first-round pick.

DeRozan was a little confused when he received the news, because he didn't know why he was traded out.

He loves this city, and he wants to play his entire career in this city, with his brother Lowry.

he does not know.

But he's an adult, and he knows he should look at things through adult eyes.

He knows that the team's management is impatient. They think Leonard is stronger than him. Although he doesn't want to admit it, DeRozan also knows that Leonard is really strong.

There is nothing to say about this, this is business, you can't kidnap people with emotion and morality, right?

He bid farewell to his former teammates and went to the holy city.

The holy city is a quiet place. The city is not too big, but it is very comfortable. DeRozan does not resist it.

On the day I came, the two famous stars of the Holy City, Manu and Tim, both came. They trained with me. Although Tim has retired, he is still in good health. He is not at all like his idol He Doudagger , not like Mu Xiaobei's idol, Zhao Riyue, who became swollen and fat as soon as she retired.

The team is running in. Although they lost two games at the beginning, it was also expected.

On this day, DeRozan felt that fate once again seemed to have played a joke on him-he was traded again.

Playing for Los Angeles is what he wanted most as a Kobe fan, but it didn't come to the Lakers that way.

He likes the Spurs very much, but he has no choice but to leave again.

Fate made people, he teamed up with LeBron, the mountain that lay in front of his eyes countless times. The pain of the running-in period made everyone in the team not in a good mood, but James Wharton, Magician and other leaders of the team Comfort made him not so depressed.

Later, their team played better and better. Although defense is still a big problem, at least they are winning and winning streaks, and James is really a very charismatic person. No wonder Love will call him good friend.

DeRozan is a very self-motivated person, if not, he would not have achieved what he wants to achieve.

He has changed the way he shoots many times -- it's so small that many people don't see it, but he does change all the time.

Zhang Jiawei Zhang Gongzi commented very pertinently on the change of DeRozan's shooting: in the past, DeRozan made more mid-range shots. A very large backlash.

Well, there's a lot of recoil, so the arc is pretty flat.

So not very efficient.

The current DeRozan shot is more of a jump or an emergency stop. The center of gravity rises from the knee, jumps straight, and the release point is high. Therefore, his mid-range shot is stable and has become a sharp weapon.

This kind of change in hand shape requires a lot of changes in the details of footsteps, center of gravity control, power point, core strength, etc.

DeRozan gradually found a way to make his scoring efficient.

Just like the emergency stop three-pointer on Lonnie Walker's head just now, leaving a little space, jumping straight up, and the release point is high.

It has always been a pity for everyone that 23 and 24 failed to meet in the finals, and what it would be like if the two joined forces has also made countless people look forward to it.

And DeRozan, this 24 fan, this young man who is chasing No. 24, seems to let everyone see a trace of Kobe this season.

It is impossible to see Kobe and James teaming up, but now, the teaming up of Kobe's disciples and James has made Lakers fans teary-eyed.

Just like what James said when DeRozan first came to the Lakers: "We are going to do something big!"

(End of this chapter)