In his first four NBA seasons his needle didn’t move much, if you looked carefully. And then, after working so hard to spin his wheels for a quadrennial, he took off for three years running. He’s a 26-year-old, two-time all-star now, and will get a mind-blowing maximum contract in the NBA’s insane new TV money kingdom in a couple of months.
But, the playoffs. After an awful Game 1 loss against the Indiana Pacers, DeRozan is shooting 38 per cent in 12 career post-season games, and the rest of the Raptors shooting guard’s scoreline — 21.8 points, 4.