NBA Award Races: Could Demar DeRozan Create a Run for many Enhanced Player?

The Toronto Raptors make two lottery picks previously two season as they haven't made the playoffs. One of these simple players was USC Trojan, Demar DeRozan, who was picked ninth overall last year and North Carolina Tar Heel, Ed Davis, who had been picked thirteenth overall this year.Demar came into Toronto to fill the void the Raptors had at the shooting guard position. His very first season wasn't really impressive as he finished track of numbers of eight.6 PPG, 0.7 APG and a pair of.9 RPG. Entering the 2nd season, DeRozan was given a larger role because of the fact that Chris Bosh had just left the team.

DeRozan began the season with low numbers and was not playing very effectively. His field objective percentage was up mainly because he would not take many shots throughout the 1st couple of months of the season. Everything changed right after one particular game from the Houston Rockets. In that game, DeRozan piled up work high of 37 points, which nevertheless stands as his highest nowadays.

After that one particular game, it seemed as though DeRozan received a boost in his game. He appeared to want the ball much more, he wanted to take the bigger role for that team. In doing so, Demar upped his game and his numbers went up significantly. His scoring improved, he seemed to be hustling for rebounds more, produced smart choices when distributing the ball, and started to play better defense.

If we evaluate these numbers from last season they go up by slightly in terms of rebounding and assists, but the point scoring rises alot.