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#8 DeMar DeRozan
Placing DeMar DeRozan at the No. 8 spot on this list is a decision I took with a heavy heart, but the former Raptor and current Spurs man has now had one playoff disappointment too many for him to be placed any higher given the kind of competition he has at the shooting guard position today.
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Legitimately an All-Star starter when voting for the exhibition game finished last season, DeRozan's offence trailed off at the end of the Raptors' regular season campaign.
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He was pretty good against the Wizards, often playing like the best Raptor on the floor, but his continued run of petering out against the Cavaliers for the third straight playoff campaign consigned Toronto to a sweep as the No.1 seed at the hand of LeBron James and his motley supporting cast.
Coach Pop is capable of taking his game to the next level, but since we're still reeling at the abject choke job by Deebo last May, he still places at a position he's fully capable of making the jump from at the end of the season.
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