He heard it throughout the 2021 offseason, after he initially joined the Bulls in a sign-and-trade.
Too old, best years were behind him, DeMar who?
His response?
Shove a career year in everyone’s face.
Eastern Conference All-Star, MVP-candidate, and a career-high 27.9 scoring average in the 2021-22 campaign should have silenced the critics. It seemingly only put them on pause.
Because there it was again, building momentum into the start of this regular season. Sure, DeRozan was great last year, but he couldn’t do it again at age 33.
Not again. There would be a regression.