DeMar DeRozan hasn't appeared in a Raptors uniform since May 2018, but the leading scorer in Toronto history is still taking a piece of credit for his former team's run to the NBA Finals.
"If it wasn't for all the years and groundwork that I did before then, [Toronto's Finals run] wouldn't have been possible," DeRozan told Bleacher Report's Taylor Rooks on Tuesday. "I fought, I sacrificed. I pushed the limits to where I had to be the sacrificial lamb. You just have to sit back and understand, you are the reason so many things were even possible.