Three-plus years after leaving the San Antonio Spurs, DeMar DeRozan remains the gift that keeps on giving
SACRAMENTO , Calif . – Spurs guard Tre Jones first bonded with DeMar DeRozan from a safe distance, properly masked. Jones’ rookie season of 2020-21 was the first in NBA history that opened with COVID -19 protocols. Players couldn’t go out on the road for health reasons, so Jones took the opportunity to learn from his new All-Star teammate in impromptu hangouts inside team hotel ballrooms. “He was always trying to help us younger guys out, help us understand the game,” Jones said.
As Spurs approach full health, fight for minutes is on In August of 2021, DeRozan was dealt to Chicago for a haul of draft picks, inadvertently teaching Jones something else about the NBA. “You learn that it is a business at the end of the day,” Jones said. “There’s a lot of things that go on you don’t understand. You might never understand, and that’s OK.” Now with Sacramento following another offseason trade, DeRozan will welcome the Spurs to the Golden1 Center on Sunday .
Spurs' Devin Vassell maintained positive attitude while dealing with injury “It’s not just in the locker room,” Wright said. “The standard he sets with his professionalism and the way he thinks, it reverberates across the whole organization.” Barnes brought a similar ethos to Sacramento in his six seasons there. “I was in that locker room for a long time,” Barnes said. “A lot of good memories, a lot of close relationships.” DeRozan was similarly beloved in his three seasons with the Spurs.
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