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Raptors’ DeRozan hopes honest talk on depression helps others

All-star DeMar DeRozan copes with troubled times — hinted at in all-star weekend tweet that sparked a wave of support — by throwing his life into his family and his basketball: “Sometimes . . . it gets the best of you.”

Raptor DeMar DeRozan opens up about his personal battle with depression and anxiety: "I stay standoffish in a sense, in my own personal space, to be able to cope with whatever it is you’ve got to cope with.”

They appear to be invincible, professional athletes do, with so much money, so much fame, so many people to help with everything — a first-class life, everything taken care of.