After reaching astronomic heights during a record-setting February, it was perhaps inevitable that the on-court production of Chicago Bulls All-Star swingman DeMar DeRozan would slip a bit this month.
It doesn’t make that (mild) descent any more fun to watch, though.
At his peak this season, DeRozan had rightfully battled his way into the NBA’s MVP conversation — more as a fringe top-five candidate than as one of the three front-runners (those are, in some order, big men Giannis Antetokounmpo, Nikola Jokic and Joel Embiid), but still. Damn it, there were shirts (I may or may not have one)!