The LeBron Stopper! The missing piece! The player who catapults the Toronto Raptors into the tier of true contenders. DeMarre Carroll was packaged as many things to Raptors fans. He didn’t live up to any of them.
That was less on Carroll and more on the media/fan base who over-hyped him. Carroll was a good player during his tenure with the Atlanta Hawks. However, to be declared as anything greater than a solid acquisition was setting the bar too high. Carroll didn’t live up to expectations in large part because expectations were off to start.
But even if expectations were set reasonably, the Carroll signing still would be an unequivocal flop.