LAS VEGAS, NV - AUGUST 13: DeMar DeRozan #26 (L) and Andre Drummond #25 of the 2015 USA Basketball Men's National Team talk on the court before a USA Basketball showcase at the Thomas & Mack Center on August 13, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
No sense in DeMar DeRozan declining his player option with San Antonio Spurs
The financial troubles facing the NBA are the underlying current that will define the rest of the league’s summer and early fall. From a debatably premature return to play and adding new wrinkles in the playoff format, the league is going all out in order to recoup some of the revenue they’ve lost this year.