Let's end 2021 with 10 things I like and dislike from the NBA this week -- including a perfect match on the Chicago Bulls, an underreported crisis in Philadelphia, a tribute to the one-handed rebound and legitimately good basketball in Oklahoma City. Happy New Year!
1. DeMar DeRozan, fully formed
Once in a while, a player's mental and physical skills meet at their respective apexes, and at that moment, he lands on a team that puts him in ideal position to succeed. All the discrete skills the player spent years honing are finally ready to flourish together on a team playing for real stakes -- a team that needs the fully actualized version of that player.