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All-star notebook: A take-it or leaf-it view of U.S. politics

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DeRozan on the view north of the border: “If you’re Canadian, you’re happy you’re Canadian.”

Toronto Raptors all-star guard DeMar DeRozan says there is no wall keeping him from keeping up with American politics.

NEW ORLEANS—He may live half the year in a foreign country and count Toronto as his second home, but DeMar DeRozan is fully aware of the politics of his country and what it means in his “other” homeland.

“What’s the perception? If you’re Canadian, you’re happy you’re Canadian,” DeRozan said here of the feeling towards the United States in these turbulent times.