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DeMarre Carroll tells Raptors fans to ‘get ready for JYD 2.0’

DeMarre Carroll, the Raptors biggest off-season addition so far this summer, has written a touching farewell to Atlanta Hawks fans and told Toronto fans to “get ready for JYD 2.0”

Carroll, who reportedly agreed to a four-year, $60 million deal with the Raptors that will be made official Thursday, thanked the fans and the Hawks organization in a piece published by The Players’ Tribune under the headline Thank You, Atlanta.

“The Hawks organization — from the coaches, to the front office, to the fans, to my brothers in the locker room — gave me so much confidence in my abilities as a player, and it changed my life,” Carroll wrote.