Per Woj Adrian Wojnarowski @WojYahooNBA The Toronto Raptors are finalizing a four year, $40 million contract extension with DeMar DeRozan, league sources tell Y! Sports. https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/263771945248636928
Marc J. Spears @SpearsNBAYahoo Guard DeMar Derozan's contract extension with the Raptors is incentive based and close to $42 million, a source told Yahoo! Sports.
I'm really suprised he got an extension that high. He didn't improve in any way and took a step back in terms of shot selection. He's a borderline chucker and can't even shoot from deep. His defense is also subpar. I don't know if he would have even been able to crack our rotation last year.
he improved in a lot of ways actually. For example He got a lot stronger and can consistently post people up now. But he is a slow developer that's for sure I'm surprised they locked him up for good, so Terrence Ross is going to be bench for life. I honestly thought they were going to make them compete for that 2 guard spot.
After Kobe, Wade, Ginobili, Joe Johnson, this is the state of 2 guards in the league now. Bunch of Marcus Thornton, Eric Gordon, Tyreke Evans, Demar Derozan types
Uh what? Didn't they just draft Terrence Ross and sign Landry Fields for 3 years? Makes their drafting of Ross even more odd (IMO). I look at DeMar as a stat stuffer on a bad team. My tip is that his scoring will dip this season with other options around (Lowry + Valenciunus) and this contract will look uglier every season!
What an atrocious deal. Derozan is a one category player. He plays zero defense and does nothing to make others better. I can't stand this guy, he's a bench player, no contender would ever let him start.
Didn't want to make another thread for these. Both Jrue & Taj also got extensions. Jrue's is 4/41 while Taj got 4/38.