Well, it may not be a game-changer, but it can't hurt.
DeMar DeRozan, who could wind up as the Nets most realistic free agent target, had nothing but praise for his former boss, Bryan Colangelo.
"Oh, man he’s one of the most stand-up guys I’ve known, ever met coming into the business,’’ said DeRozan of the man who drafted him.
"He gave me the opportunity of a lifetime, you know? And I credit a lot of my success to him," DeRozan told Brian Lewis. "[He’s] one of those stand-up honest guys. [He’ll] work extremely hard, and wants the best for whatever organization and players that he’s working for.