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DeMar DeRozen

NBA Basketball Player DeMar DeRozen chats with Matt Schichter in Edmonton.

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Episode #298 · DeMar DeRozenMarch 2011 · 00:03:23

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0:03Hello. Hey, tomorrow. How are you? I'm good. How are you doing? I'm good man. How was shoot around? I wore well, so I guess we're gonna kind of base this on the dunk contest a little bit So I'm wondering what what do you got in the cards? What's what's going on? You want to give us any scoops? Actually, yes, I went in general and worked on a couple of dunks and Definitely went well. So you know, I think it should be Entertainment next weekend in a dunk contest. I'm gonna come away. Come come with a few things that you know I never I never done before so it's a death could be cool nice well without Nate there this year I think the competition is yours. I think it's pretty much just said and done Now what is your favorite dunk so far in game? There's anything on fast-breaking and transition

0:54That catches people off heart You know just thing and it gets get the momentum going so any dunking and Transition is one of my favorite stuff. Is it true that you dunk for the first time in the sixth grade? Yeah What what was that feeling like the first time you were able to actually get above the rim? You're like oh my god I just did this oh man. That's been cool With that without a bit in Compton yes, Toronto's a far place from Compton obviously what what's been the biggest adjustment to living in Canada? I never seen no snow and Bennett snow and I can't came here and everything but you know that's the only adjustment

1:40You know it's better than these in Southern California to negative 10 degree weather That's Canada though What what led you to guard why are you a guard what made you choose that position? soon guard yeah, I just always go on out watching Michael Jordan and Kobe and you know always want to be like them guys and just always want to Jim Trying to do it what I've seen them do on a daily basis. So that's about it What who's the toughest player to guard? Going D-wave yeah, how crafty is you real crafty with the pick picking roll and change the direction so Definitely tough guard here on the other end of that. Who's the toughest player to guard you? I'm a player to guard me. That's a good question. I've been really bad

2:30Sounds right our tech guy switched on me. It was pretty tough. So I had to go wrong That's why you got to throw his rap lyrics back in his face Get around him. I need you to talk to your people in the Raptors I need you to bring a game to Edmonton you guys need to play here You need to be like Canada's team and travel around a little bit. Yeah, that'd definitely be cool You bring that up with your people. Could you do that for me? Yeah, I'll do that for you. Thank you Very much no problem. We do something on the show called five questions five quick questions one word answers All right greatest player of all time Jordan Lennan or McCartney Leonard LeBron or Kobe Kobe proudest moment in ball Making it to the NBA nice and in one word Demar de Rosen. I mean, I gotta come over to go for that one

3:22Unpredictable

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