Cellar-Door said:This whole DeRozan conversation reminds me of the OJ Mayo conversation a few years ago.
This is a great example to highlight my belief about the fatal flaw / balance of a player which makes 2 relatively equally skilled players very different. Both DeRozan and Mayo are career 46% 2pt FG shooters, but DeRozan gets many more free throws. Both have about the same career TS% (which takes into account free throws) DeRozan at 52.6% and Mayo at 53.4% However, Mayo hits his 3s at a career 38% clip whereas DeRozan hits them at 26%
Just looking at offense who is the easier guy to guard? I'd argue Mayo because you cant just leave him open for 3s so you cant just sag on him, but thats exactly what you can do with DeRozan