DeMar DeRozan is playing on an expiring contract but the Bulls’ wing says he’s not concerned about the lack of an extension to this point.
“I honestly don’t think about it at all. I never have,” DeRozan told K.C. Johnson of NBC Sports Chicago. “It doesn’t worry me or stress me out. Again, I control what I can control. And in due time, let it speak for itself.”
DeRozan also doesn’t envision trying to force a trade.
“I feel like I wouldn’t be able to lay down comfortably if I went somewhere and said, ‘(Expletive) trade me. I’m tired of this.’ That’s just not me,” he said. “I’m going to compete, be the best version I can be and let it go from there.”
We have more from the Central Division:
- Jarrett Allen (ankle bone bruise) and Darius Garland (hamstring strain) will remain out of the Cavaliers’ lineup against the Knicks on Tuesday and Donovan Mitchell (hamstring) is listed as questionable, Chris Fedor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer tweets. However, Allen and Mitchell did practice on Monday, Steve Popper of Newsday tweets. Garland went through an individual shooting workout to test his hamstring, Fedor adds (Twitter link).
- The Cavaliers will be playing the team that knocked them out of the playoffs last season. Isaac Okoro admits that disappointment was tough to shake, he told Stefan Bondy of the New York Post. “I know [losing to the Knicks] stuck with me for a pretty long time,” Okoro said. “It took me a minute to get over it.”
- The Bulls have assigned forward Dalen Terry to their NBA G League franchise, the Windy City Bulls, the NBA team tweets. With Tuesday’s deadline looming, the Bulls have yet to exercise their $3,5MM third-year option on Terry. The 2022 first-rounder has only played five minutes this season. “It’s great he’s with us at times. But I don’t know if we want to keep him with us if he’s not going to be in the rotation,’ “coach Billy Donovan told Johnson.
DeM DeR >>>> to Knickerbockers …..
Rose, Thibs wake up …….
Always liked Okoro. He’s off to a nice start.
He’s just a solid all-around player that does a little bit of everything pretty well. If he can remain as consistent offensively as he has been to start this season, he’ll instantly become a much more valuable player for the Cavs.
In other news, Demar DeRozan is everything James Harden is not. He’s incredibly easy to root for, and I’m glad he’s a Bull for as long as it lasts. Honestly, he’s likely better off elsewhere, because the Bulls still haven’t figured out their PG problem.
Okoro has good 2way potential. Very athletic, in college he could always get his shot. I agree he’s still figuring that out in NBA. Only 22 yrs old. I Still believe in him.
Free DeRozan….
My favourite landing spot is Indiana Pacers
DeRozan and Drummond for Heild, Theis, Jackson and 2 second round picks
Pacers would look so good
Tyrese DeRozan Brown Toppin Turner
Nembhart Mathurin Nesmith Walker Drummond
McConnell Nwora Smith
It’s still Tyrese’s team, he still runs the show but how he has a go to scoring option in DeRozan who will consistently give him about 25 points a night. He also helps develop Tyrese as a leader and is a great model for this young team.
In terms of fit it’s great, Tyrese, Brown, Toppin and Turner can all shoot, so the lane should more often than not be open for drives and pull ups. Defensively Tyrese and Brown are both good and ofcourse Turner is great.
I also like Walker and Drummond off the bench. Drummond lacks defence at times and Walker provides exactly that. Myles Turner is also known to be below average as a rebounder and Drummond makes up for that as he’s one of the leagues best in that department.
Demar to Philly. You heard it here first.