The Raptors raised DeMar DeRozan over nine seasons, as the veteran forward is fond of discussing. But the Spurs picked him up and polished him over the next three seasons before he came to the Bulls in a sign-and-trade last summer.
“You kind of get knocked down from the situation you thought you wanted to be in for your whole career,’’ DeRozan said of being sent to San Antonio in 2018. “You kind of have to start over in every type of way. . . . I just stayed locked in and tried to figure out how could I continue to get better, be better, be better, be better. It got me to this point.”
