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Week 18 Player Rankings: Year of the Dragon

By Chris Reichert

Mar 2, 2014; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Phoenix Suns shooting guard Goran Dragic (1) leaves the court after the second half at US Airways Center. The Phoenix Suns won the game 129-120. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 2, 2014; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Phoenix Suns shooting guard Goran Dragic (1) leaves the court after the second half at US Airways Center. The Phoenix Suns won the game 129-120. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports /
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18. DeMar DeRozan

Feb 23, 2014; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Toronto Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan (10) during the warm up against the Orlando Magic at the Air Canada Centre. Mandatory Credit: John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 23, 2014; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Toronto Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan (10) during the warm up against the Orlando Magic at the Air Canada Centre. Mandatory Credit: John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports /

Who? If you don’t watch regularly you might behind on the DeRozan train. He’s only 24 years old and when the Raps decided to move star small forward Rudy Gay, DeRozan took it upon himself to step up and be the team’s go-to scorer. Along with Lowry they make up a potent back court offensively and DeMar’s all-around game has really blossomed this year as well.

He is posting career highs in points (22.7), rebounds (4.5), assists (3.9), and 3-point percentage (29.9). The last stat mentioned is still a huge weakness for DeMar because though he’s having a career year from deep 29.9 percent is nowhere near respectable for a top tier shooting guard. The main area of growth has been his ability to get teammates involved and share the ball as his previous career high for assists was only 2.5 per game.

This past week in three games DeMar averaged 33 points, six assists and four rebounds!

PER: 18.64