OKLAHOMA CITY—DeMar DeRozan knows a thing or two about playing basketball with a chip on his shoulder and how to use perceived slights to prove critics wrong.
But the often-miffed Toronto Raptors all-star looks at Russell Westbrook of the Oklahoma City Thunder and thinks ‘whoa, that guy’s really ticked.’
“He plays with a country on his shoulders,” DeRozan said of Westbrook on Wednesday morning.
“You see it every single night how he brings it, the intensity, everything on his face. It’s incredible.”
Westbrook, who does seem chronically angry and attacks basketball with a verve seldom seen, has become something of a poster boy for the ‘Incredibly Talented Always Put Out’ athlete.