NBA History: 5 best Toronto Raptors players since 2000

#3 DeMar DeRozan

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DeMar DeRozan is a current member of the San Antonio Spurs. The shooting guard was initially drafted by the Toronto Raptors in 2009.

DeRozan has carved out a 10 year NBA career so far. In those 10 years, he has appeared in four all-star games as a Raptor. Generally speaking, he has gotten better every year either in scoring or improving other aspects of his game.

Along with Kyle Lowry, DeRozan led the Toronto Raptors in their longest and most sustained stretch of playoff appearances between 2014 and 2018 (five years) and it will continue this year without him.

If Lowry was the heart of the team, then DeRozan was a scoring machine. In clutch situations, it was always DeRozan or Lowry making the big shots. DeRozan had five consecutive seasons scoring 20 or more points a game in his nine seasons in Toronto. As a Raptors' player, he averaged 27.3ppg in 2017.

He is the all-time leader for now in minutes played 22,986, points scored in 13,296, games played 675, and free throws made with 3,539 during his time in Toronto.