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DeMar DeRozan Rumors
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Position: G-F
Born: 08/07/89
Height: 6-6 / 1.98
Weight:220 lbs. / 99.8 kg.
Salary: $26,000,000
Born: 08/07/89
Height: 6-6 / 1.98
Weight:220 lbs. / 99.8 kg.
Salary: $26,000,000
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His father, Frank, was dealing with several long-term illnesses in Los Angeles. Once a regular at Raptors games from 2009 to 2018, Frank had spent years in and out of hospitals before he died on Feb. 19, 2021. During his tenure in San Antonio, DeRozan would take a private plane in between games or practices to spend time with his father. “I just wanted to sit by him,” DeRozan says. “There were times, I flew home, he didn’t even know I was there. I’d just sit next to his bed for hours.”
The Spurs kept it quiet but allowed DeRozan to fly to Los Angeles whenever possible. Popovich urged him to go and come back whenever he could; he didn’t even have to play if he didn’t want to. But DeRozan never wanted his absence to become a distraction, even if he often played on only a couple hours of sleep.
“I’d be lying to you if I didn’t say I had days, or I had moments where I was like, ‘Damn, is this s— ever going to get back to some type of peace?'” DeRozan says. “There were days where it was hard to figure out how I was going to maneuver through so much emotionally so I could be myself out there on the court.”
Armando Sanchez: Chicago Bulls guard and former Illini basketball player Ayo Dosunmu attends a retiring ceremony for his jersey during half time between Illinois and the Maryland Terrapins at the State Farm Center Thursday in Champaign. His parents and Bulls forward DeMar DeRozan attended.
