There’s been a lot of talk this weekend about teams’ loyalty to the face of their franchise, particularly in Toronto where the Raptors sent DeMar DeRozan to San Antonio for Kawhi Leonard. DeRozan had spent his entire career, 10 years, in Canada.
Fans of Jeremy Lin had somewhat similar feelings about how the Nets treated their favorite. As Brian Lewis writes Sunday, fans called Sean Marks a “liar” and a “snake” who should “go to hell,” accusing him of “betraying” Lin.
Of course, the situations are vastly different.