He held it in. He hadn’t been sure if he would, because for whatever he was saying publicly, there was a lot of emotion in there. DeMar DeRozan knew what was coming. He didn’t know how he would react.
In his return to the town where he spent the first nine years of his professional basketball life, DeRozan was ringed with cameras from the moment he stepped in the building. He received screams of appreciation when he came out to shoot before the game. There were more people in their seats before the tip for a 7 p.