Derozan extended

[Rios15]

6:30pm: Ryan Wolstat of the Toronto Sun hears the deal is actually for four years and $38MM (Twitter link). He's likely referring to the base pay and not the amount DeRozan could earn with the incentives, but that's just my speculation.

5:41pm: The Raptors and DeMar DeRozan have agreed to a four-year $40MM extension with incentives that could bring the value to as much as $42MM, reports Sam Amick of SI.com (Twitter link). Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports reported moments earlier that the two sides were close to a deal (Twitter link). After early indications today that a deal would not get done, there seemed to be a change of heart, presumably by the Raptors, who were reportedly already focused on what they wanted to see from DeRozan this season in advance of restricted free agency next summer. Instead, it appears they'll have the fourth-year swingman already locked up.
Ryan Wolstat of the Toronto Sun, who heard earlier today that an offer in the neighborhood of $34MM could get a deal done, quickly criticized the team's decision via Twitter, and Eric Pincus of the Los Angeles Times followed (Twitter link). Last year, DeRozan put up 16.7 PPG and 3.3 RPG on 42.2% shooting with a 12.8 PER, all numbers that declined from 2010/11.

The move means roughly $52MM in cap space is tied up for next season, assuming Linas Kleiza and Aaron Gray pick up their player options. That puts the Raptors out of the running for a max free agent they would have been able to afford if they passed on DeRozan.

Not such a bad deal in my opinion. And he works hard to get better every year and he's a great personality for the team -- always liked him since day 1. I would like to see him scoring 20 PPG though; he's capable of it I believe. Let's see what he does this season.

 

[Pugz]

$10M a year is a bit much but its good he and the team were willing to stay with each other.

 

[Elite]

Meh, not worth it for the Raptors.

He's one-dimensional offensively, wildly inefficient, ball hog, below average defensively, and actually got worse from year 2 to year 3.

 

[Rios15]

Meh, not worth it for the Raptors.

He's one-dimensional offensively, wildly inefficient, ball hog, below average defensively, and actually got worse from year 2 to year 3.

I'd say he's breaking out of his one-dimensional offense - developing a great mid range and even outside game. Inefficient... I wouldn't say wildly because he shows up pretty much every night with at least 15 points but I can see why he's inefficient. I've never considered him a ball hog once lol... never heard it from anyone else either -- the only time he gets the ball is when he gets the pass and then he tries to do something with it lol.