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DeMar DeRozan: You ever just sit in a dark room and feel like the darkness is the only thing that truly understands you. No fake smiles, no false hope. Just raw bitter silence…
“I knew people that knew him well, and the way they talked about him just as a person in the room was also part of the reason why we wanted him,” Nuggets coach David Adelman said. “He can really score. He can really play. But having another leader in that room — losing Tim and losing Bruce (Brown), two personalities in our locker room … you have to go find it on the free agency market. With DeMar, that’s one of those things we wanted. A veteran leader. Failed. Succeeded. Been through all of it.”
DeRozan first experienced basketball as an artifact on videotape. His dad worked for the Compton Cable Company and had access to a dual-tape recording machine. He could insert a VHS tape in one slot and a blank tape in the other and copy the original. He brought home dozens of movies and TV shows and, most importantly, decade-old NBA games to show his son. DeMar sat on the living room floor, surrounded by stacks of tapes, entranced by Magic Johnson and Julius Erving and Alex English. They weren’t relics of the past to him. Somehow, in grainy footage, they felt immediate. Watching their faded glory days was as energizing as a live game. “You just see the passion,” he said. “It felt like research back then. Knowing your history of the game.”
“I still have a lot to give,” he said. “I don’t want to short-cut or cheat the game. I think that for me means more than anything. For me just to still have that opportunity. (This is) not me feeling like, ‘Oh, I can take a back seat, let me just see where it’s taking me.’ Nah, it’s still me feeling like I can go out there and contribute and still give so much to the game that I love.”
Clemente Almanza: Mark Daigneault on DeMar DeRozan: “He flips the analytics on its head.”
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Bennett Durando: I don’t think there was ever any doubt this would be the arrangement, but today Nuggets HC David Adelman confirmed the starting lineup will be same as last year, with DeMar DeRozan coming off the bench. DeRozan has already said he’s willing to do that and his focus is on winning.
Vinny Benedetto: David Adelman making no secret about his plan to give DeMar DeRozan the ball *a lot* with the second unit. Pretty sure that clears up any question about the Nuggets changing up the starting five.
Josh Lewenberg: A look inside the Kyle Lowry gala. Guests include: DeMar DeRozan, OG Anunoby, Pascal Siakam, Fred VanVleet, Scottie Barnes, Immanuel Quickley, Amir Johnson, Terrence Ross, Danny Green, CJ Miles, Kevin Love, Chuck Hayes, Darko Rajakovic, Bobby Webster
A look inside the Kyle Lowry gala. Guests include: DeMar DeRozan, OG Anunoby, Pascal Siakam, Fred VanVleet, Scottie Barnes, Immanuel Quickley, Amir Johnson, Terrence Ross, Danny Green, CJ Miles, Kevin Love, Chuck Hayes, Darko Rajakovic, Bobby Webster
— Josh Lewenberg (@jlewenberg.bsky.social) 2026-09-19T23:32:22.470Z
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Omer Osman: DeMar DeRozan on if he thinks his #10 will ever be retired by the Toronto Raptors: “I hope so.” “I was honoured enough to be here, to have a game and to see Vince [Carter], the first jersey to go up.” “I most definitely will be here when Kyle [Lowry’s] jersey go up.” “To be able to see people that I know personally, and now somebody I played with, jersey get retired, it means the most.” “Whatever happens after that, we’ll see.”
Omer Osman: DeMar DeRozan on if he still senses love from the fans whenever he plays in Toronto: “Yeah. This’ll always be home for me. 9 years of my career. This was the foundation of me as a basketball player, as a human being. This was my first home. This was the first everything for me. Nothing will ever replace that. Everything that I created with all these guys that’s here, I had the opportunity to play with. For me, it’s always going to be number one.” ❤️
Omer Osman: Kyle Lowry on DeMar DeRozan’s #10 possibly going up in the rafters one day: “Oh yeah, definitely going up there. Without a doubt about it.” “Vince [Carter] was very deserving, and he should’ve been the first one up, and I’m so happy he was.” “Me being the second [jersey number retired], and then, possibly DeMar [DeRozan] being the next one.” “It just shows where the organization and franchise is going, right? It’s trending up, and it’s been trending up a long time. I think the appreciation of the franchise that people have now, is pretty cool.”
Marley Dickinson: The man of the hour — Kyle Lowry Lowry said he was grateful to have a ton of his former #Raptors teammates here, including DeMar DeRozan whose game is apparently “rough.” He was also asked if DeRozan’s No. 10 should be in the rafters one day. Lowry said…100%
