In a post in The Ringer, Bill Simmons’ new venture, DeMar DeRozan gets called out as a player who’s going to enjoy a breakout Olympic tournament. The writer, Jason Concepcion, has decided the Toronto Raptors shooting guard is going to be The Story for the U.S. men’s basketball squad, which is expected to snare a gold medal without undue effort.
While I’m pleased for DeMar that this Concepcion fellow has turned the spotlight on our man, the rest of the post is of the all too familiar American reporter style. With virtually no interest extended (or in his words “out of sight, out of mind, until spring”) to the Raptors in the U.