James Ham: From Kings: With his first free throw at the 8:28 mark of Q2, DeMar DeRozan has reached 24,000 career points. He is the 30th player in NBA history to reach 24K points and the sixth active player.
Source: Bluesky
Source: Bluesky
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Sean Cunningham @SeanCunningham
DeMar DeRozan has just reached 24,000 career points, becoming the 30th player in NBA history to reach that mark and just the 6th active player to do so. – 8:51 PM
DeMar DeRozan has just reached 24,000 career points, becoming the 30th player in NBA history to reach that mark and just the 6th active player to do so. – 8:51 PM
James Ham @James_HamNBA
From Kings:
With his first free throw at the 8:28 mark of Q2, DeMar DeRozan has reached 24,000 career points. He is the 30th player in NBA history to reach 24K points and the sixth active player. – 8:50 PM
From Kings:
With his first free throw at the 8:28 mark of Q2, DeMar DeRozan has reached 24,000 career points. He is the 30th player in NBA history to reach 24K points and the sixth active player. – 8:50 PM
Sean Cunningham @SeanCunningham
Mike Brown discusses the Kings competitive spirit in last night’s win over the Rockets, the effectiveness of the read-and-react play they ran in the second half through DeMar DeRozan & needing De’Aaron Fox to get pissed-off more often. pic.x.com/DfdR5Zol31 – 4:17 PM
Mike Brown discusses the Kings competitive spirit in last night’s win over the Rockets, the effectiveness of the read-and-react play they ran in the second half through DeMar DeRozan & needing De’Aaron Fox to get pissed-off more often. pic.x.com/DfdR5Zol31 – 4:17 PM
Sean Cunningham @SeanCunningham
DeMar DeRozan reflects on last night’s win over the Rockets, playing like their backs were against the wall, finding success running the same read-and-react play to him in the 3rd quarter and the level De’Aaron Fox can get to once he gets pissed off. pic.x.com/EqgS45wU48 – 4:01 PM
DeMar DeRozan reflects on last night’s win over the Rockets, playing like their backs were against the wall, finding success running the same read-and-react play to him in the 3rd quarter and the level De’Aaron Fox can get to once he gets pissed off. pic.x.com/EqgS45wU48 – 4:01 PM
Sean Cunningham @SeanCunningham
Kings out and running, DeMar DeRozan with the lob to De’Aaron Fox. Sacramento in control here in the 4th as the Kings go up 114-101 3:14 to play. pic.x.com/QOp1eeuo5n – 12:24 AM
Kings out and running, DeMar DeRozan with the lob to De’Aaron Fox. Sacramento in control here in the 4th as the Kings go up 114-101 3:14 to play. pic.x.com/QOp1eeuo5n – 12:24 AM
Jonathan Feigen @Jonathan_Feigen
Dillon Brooks on DeMar DeRozan to start. They had a bit of a scuffle last season in Houston. – 10:12 PM
Dillon Brooks on DeMar DeRozan to start. They had a bit of a scuffle last season in Houston. – 10:12 PM
More on this storyline
DeMar DeRozan scored 23 points, Domantas Sabonis had 22 points and 16 rebounds and the Sacramento Kings rolled to a 140-113 victory over San Antonio on Friday night, handing the Spurs their second straight loss without Victor Wembanyama. De’Aaron Fox and Malik Monk added 22 points each for Sacramento, which had a season-high point total. San Antonio’s Julian Cham -via Seattle Post-Intelligencer / December 6, 2024
Remember when Kings owner Vivek Ranadive had a courtside party at the California Classic summer league when DeRozan agreed to join Sacramento? Those good vibes haven’t lasted. The Kings won Tuesday night at home against second-place Houston but have lost seven of their past nine games and are 12th in the West. Two months into the Kings’ season, league decision-makers are calling DeRozan’s fit clunky around All-Stars De’Aaron Fox and Domantas Sabonis. “He is who he is,” a West executive said of DeRozan. “What he does takes away from what both Fox and Sabonis do because they tend to operate in the same areas on the court.” -via ESPN / December 6, 2024
Always a midrange shooter, DeRozan is taking more shots from that distance than ever before. A third of his shots are from 10 to 16 feet and he’s shooting a career-best 52% on those looks. He’s getting to the line and proving to be a reliable shooter. But, as some around the league have mentioned to ESPN, DeRozan is doing it on a losing team. In the past six years with the San Antonio Spurs and Chicago Bulls, DeRozan has had one winning season and one trip to the playoffs. “DeRozan is a highly skilled player who is great to have in the locker room and a guy who you want to give the ball to at the end of a game,” one executive said. “But his play hasn’t driven winning, and it’s something that unfortunately has been the case throughout his career and it’s part of why he’s changed teams a bunch.” -via ESPN / December 6, 2024