"It Hurt. It Hurt Like Sh**": DeMar DeRozan Opens Up About Being Traded By Toronto
It's over three years ago now, but it seems that the emotional wounds are still fresh in DeMar DeRozan's mind, from that day in 2018 when he got "the call" from Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri to tell him he'd been traded from the city that he loved. He talked to Draymond Green on Bleacher Report's Chips.
DeRozan recounted that it was "one of the toughest times ever," and after he got the call, he sat outside a fast-food restaurant, by himself, stunned.
It’s really interesting to hear about how this went down. I love DeMar man. I don’t think I’ve seen a player so passionate about a franchise like he was to Toronto. pic.twitter.com/L2Qh679fSc
— M E L (@MelGilSports) October 18, 2021
DeRozan said he got a call from Masai while he was in a movie, so he called back afterwards, and was told about the trade to San Antonio for Kawhi Leonard.
"I tapped the driver, said 'stop the car', and walked and sat outside a Jack in the Box for like two hours."
He went on to say "It hurt. It hurt like sh*t... When it happened, it hit me hard.... A lot of people always think 'aw, I was bitter', but it was like, nah, it f****d me up, because they don't know how much I had put into it. It was one of the toughest times ever."
He admitted that he was rooting for the Raptors to win the championship in 2019, even though he wasn't a part of it:
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