Recently, Dirk Nowitzki of the Dallas Mavericks topped 30,000 points with the same team. It’s a doubly hard feat to achieve — the scoring and the geographical singularity. Only Kobe Bryant can claim the exact same accomplishment. (Though, obviously Karl Malone and Michael Jordan did most of their scoring on one team. And in Malone’s case, he cracked 30k solely in Utah.)
Turning 28 this off-season, DeRozan has already spent eight years in Toronto. In that time he’s managed to amass 11,065 points (as of today). As he told The Athletic after Monday night’s game, DeRozan is aware of how far he has to go to hit that 30,000 barrier:
“Somebody said something to me the other night,” DeRozan told The Athletic after his post-game media scrum.