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Kings’ DeRozan responds to Drake’s Raptors banner comment – ​​NBC Bay Area
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Kings’ DeRozan responds to Drake’s Raptors banner comment – ​​NBC Bay Area

DeMar DeRozan returned to Toronto, the city where he became an NBA star. But it seems that not everyone was happy to see him again.

In the Kings of Sacramento‘131-128 overtime loss to the Raptors, several social media clips went viral involving artist Drake and DeRozan.

On the TSN broadcast in the fourth quarter, Drake responded to a question about a potential DeRozan banner in the stadium – the night of Vince Carter’s jersey retirement – ​​by saying he would take it down himself if ever a banner was coming to fruition.

Additional clips showed Drake appearing direct vulgar language to DeRozan after the Raptors’ victory while look down on him during the game.

DeRozan responded in his post-match press conference, saying Drake would have a long road ahead of him to take him down and wishing him luck.

Although the two enjoyed a close relationship during DeRozan’s time in Toronto from 2009 to 2018 and beyond, things may have changed over the summer following the release of Kendrick’s “Not Like Us.” Lamar, a Billboard-topping diss track directed against the artist. which has made major waves in pop culture since its release.

In Lamar’s music video, DeRozan made an appearance that seemed to indicate he was siding with his fellow Los Angeles native rather than Canadian-born Drake. The song included lyrics from Lamar saying, “I’m glad DeRoz came home, you didn’t deserve it either.”

In an interview with The Sacramento Bee in July, DeRozan responded to his appearance in the video, saying he was still on good terms with Drake.

“Drake is still my guy, still my guy, none of that has changed,” DeRozan said. “…At the end of the day, it’s music, it’s entertainment. Two of the biggest rappers in the world went head-to-head competitively and beat each other.”

When DeRozan was first introduced as King at the California Classic in Sacramento, he walked out with owner Vivek Ranadive to the song, which the Kings have continued to use frequently since.