CHARLOTTE, N.C. – DeMar DeRozan would enjoy seeing the No. 2 jersey walk through the door and for teammate Lonzo Ball (left knee) to declare he’s ready to return.
DeRozan’s just not counting on it or even waiting for it.
The same can be said about Javonte Green (right knee), Goran Dragic (illness), and any player that could possibly be added by the Feb. 9 trade deadline.
In DeRozan’s world it’s out of sight, out of mind.
“That’s exactly been my mindset my entire career, before I was in the NBA, everything,’’ DeRozan said on Thursday.