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The day DeMar DeRozan shared his deepest fears one-on-one — and started a wave of hope

From “We The North: 25 Years of the Toronto Raptors,” the new book by Star basketball writer Doug Smith:

Seven little words typed in the wee hours of the morning, a quick comment on life, feelings, mood, and private thoughts, will be the lasting legacy DeMar DeRozan leaves not only on the Raptors but on basketball, on professional sports, on athletes, and the fans who demand so much of them, those who see them as entities rather than people with human emotions and the tugs of life that get to us all.

“This depression get the best of me.