There’s a flow to an NBA season, and any little disruption in that becomes a distraction.
This week, DeRozan’s willing to make an exception.
It isn’t often that the forward gets to pack up his five kids – four daughters and one son – for an in-season road trip, but that’s exactly what he did for Thursday’s upcoming NBA Paris Game between the Bulls and the Detroit Pistons.
“To be able to be here and experience that as a basketball player is amazing,’’ DeRozan said. “And then to have my son and my daughters here to witness it is an awesome thing.