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[Johnson] DeMar DeRozan: “I can’t fake it. I’m beyond frustrated. Everybody in this locker room is frustrated.” (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by iksnet@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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DeRozan took exception to Pascal Siakam attempting a 3-point shot with 3 seconds left and the Raptors leading by 12 points when Siakam could've dribbled out the clock. DeRozan angrily chastised the Raptors bench and coach Darko Rajakovic, who told coach Billy Donovan that Siakam attempted the shot because point differential matters for In-Season Tournament ramifications.

The Raptors actually had been eliminated from In-Season Tournament advancement before the game, but apparently, word didn't get to Rajakovic and Siakam.

"I don’t care about no In-Season Tournament points, none of that. Just respect for the game," DeRozan said. "If the roles was flip-flopped and I had the ball, hold it. It is what it is."

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[–] defaultcanadian@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (3 children)

DeRozan gets all the respect in Toronto and will continue to do so but like the game isn't 47 mins and 30 seconds... It's 48 mins. Just play the game bro. It's so wack when players get upset over the pettiest shit.

Whether you lose by 1 or by 50 a loss is a loss. If you know you don't have a chance of winning the game and the last seconds don't then why does it matter if you lost by 3 more points?

[–] OpportunitySmalls@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

The Jeff Teague podcast clip of him talking about Demar/PJ Tucker being so heated about some shit like this a decade ago is wild to see now that there's been no growth even when there actually is reason to jack up points in blowouts with the tournament. I don't think this is about firing the team up it's just Demar being a sore loser.

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