Bang, bang, bang! DeMar DeRozan brings his total points scored in the NBA to 19,720 after the 32 planted last night against the Wizards. He thus overtook John Stockton, the legendary leader of Jazz, and at the same time joined the Top 50 of the biggest all-time scorers. It’s a pretty good opportunity to highlight a player who has been part of the MVP discussion this season, isn’t it?
DeMar DeRozan keeps giving arguments to silence the most skeptical. This time, he proved to us that he was one of the scorers that NBA history will remember. Last night, on the floor of the Wizards, DMDR caught fire again in the last quarter. He scored 14 of his 32 points in the game to give the Bulls the victory in the US capital and also took the opportunity to nab the 50th place of all-time leading scorers in the NBA. That’s a long way to go! Drafted in 9th position by the Raptors in 2009, he has above all shown consistency. In 2013-14, he averaged 22.7 points in his fifth pro season and his first All-Star Game selection. Since then, he has never finished under 20 points per game at the end of a regular. In 2016-17, he had one of his best career scoring seasons with an average of 27.3 points. That year, as Matt Pokora would say, DeRozan brought his team to the second round of the Playoffs but the Raptors were swept away by the Cavs of LeBron James and Kyrie Irving. DeMar DeRozan has also become the best scorer in the history of the Raptors and he still dominates this ranking ahead of Kyle Lowry and Chris Bosh with 13,296 points for the Canadian franchise. then he finally left Toronto in 2018, having left an indelible mark there. During the summer, DMDR arrived at Spurs for three seasons during which he managed to stay the course in scoring. Without making waves, he still plants more than 21 points per game in Texas, and that over three consecutive years. But it is in Chicago that he will be able to express all his offensive talent, since his signing at the last Free Agency.
DeMar moves into 50th all-time in scoring with that last bucket, passing John Stockton. pic.twitter.com/60QMsxxQco
— Chicago Bulls (@chicagobulls) March 30, 2022
This season, he carries the Bulls with his pal Zach LaVine. At 32, DMDR is in full swing. He was even in the discussion at MVP for a long time. No, but seriously, are we talking about his month of February? Averaged 34.2 points in 13 games with Chicago. It was during this period that he managed to plant at least 30 pawns in ten consecutive games. For those who still doubted it: yes, he has the soul of a scorer. Such skills to score with such regularity, it does not happen by chance. But where DéDé excels, his real specialty is mid-range. For some, scoring a bunch of points comes from the parking lot, and the Splash Brothers of the Warriors can attest to that. For others, we dominate in painting, cuckoo Embiid and Giannis. But his delirium at DMDR is more about taking a racket headshot on a pick-and-roll. It is in this area, between the circle and the three-point line, that the 50th all-time leading scorer in the NBA brings down his prey. And when that’s not enough to secure the victory, DeMar DeRozan boils in the money time, and there you can’t fight anymore. The Chicago player can still grab a lot of places in the ranking of the biggest scorers. At 32, he has a few more seasons ahead of him, if all goes well. It will be difficult to stay in its current standings with age, but who knows? He could exceed 24,000 pawns and potentially join the Top 30, or even more, if he likes it.
The regular is coming to an end. DeMarcus DeRozan joins the Top 50 of the best all-time scorers and concludes his season in style. One of the biggest scorers in the NBA (yes, we can say that more than ever) must continue his momentum. With LaVine and Vucevic at his side, DMDR can thus push the Bulls to release big pieces in the Playoffs. But for that, the whole team will have to be present at the important moments.
