The Raptors can send their former star packing with a win on Wednesday
DeMar Derozan may have played his last game with the Toronto Raptors in 2018, but his effect on the franchise and its stars is still being felt to this day.
"DeMar was real nice to me. He was a good guy. He's still a great friend of mine. Just a great teammate. We all looked up to him and he did a good job teaching us,"Anunoby and Derozan shared the court together in Toronto during the former's rookie season in 2017-18. The 25-year-old admitted on Monday that he learned a lot about how to defend some of the best scorers in the NBA while going up against Derozan in practice everyday.
The Raptors have had some success keeping Derozan quiet this season, holding the 33-year-old to only 14 points per game and 26 field goal attempts over three contests.this season — knows he'll have a tall task ahead of him when he lines up across from his friend and former teammate on Wednesday at Scotiabank Arena.
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