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Chicago Bulls: DeMar DeRozan’s defensive liability is hard to overcome

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While there are so many positives to focus on when it comes to what the former San Antonio Spurs star shooting guard/forward DeMar DeRozan will bring to the table for the Chicago Bulls next season, there are some downsides too. The one that keeps getting emphasized, and rightly so, is the potential defensive liability that head coach Billy Donovan and the Bulls will have to deal with when DeRozan is on the floor.

DeRozan was never really a net positive player for either the Toronto Raptors and/or the Spurs on the defensive end of the floor.