DeMar DeRozan: The Inspiring Story of One of Basketball's Star Shooting Guards (Basketball Biography Books)

Learn the Inspiring Story of the San Antonio Spurs' Star Shooting Guard DeMar DeRozan!

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Newly revised for the start of the 2018-2019 NBA season, DeMar DeRozan: The Inspiring Story of One of Basketball's Star Shooting Guards details the inspirational story of one of basketball's greatest offensive players, DeMar DeRozan. DeMar DeRozan has quickly emerged as one of the premier scorers in the NBA, with a ruthless ability to score that reminds many of none other than a combination of Vince Carter and Tracy McGrady. Since being drafted as the ninth overall pick in the 2009 NBA draft, DeMar played a significant role in the Raptors' emergence as a force in the Eastern Conference.

In this unauthorized biography, we'll explore DeMar's incredible life story and impact on the game of basketball.

Here is a preview of what is inside this book:

• Childhood and Early Life
• High School Career
• College Career
• NBA Career
• Getting Drafted, The Rookie Campaign, The Development Years
• Teaming Up with Kyle Lowry, the Rudy Gay Experiment, First All-Star Season, Playoff Debut, Injury Struggles, Lowry's Evolution into an All-Star
• Breaking Through to the Conference Finals, Road to Becoming Elite
• The Final Year in Toronto, The Trade to San Antonio
• International Career
• Personal Life and Impact on Basketball
• Legacy and Future

An excerpt from the book:

The shooting guard position has always been one of the more difficult spots to play in the NBA. Shooting guards are required to be among the best scorers on their team since their primary role of the team is to, of course, shoot and make their shots. While scoring the ball may not sound like the most difficult task, what makes the shooting guard a difficult position in the NBA is the level of skill required to be elite.

As far as the history of the league is concerned, there have not been as many great shooting guards as centers, point guards, and forwards due to the relative difficulty the position requires for the player to be elite. But even though there have not been many great shooting guards in the NBA's history, the best of the best happen to be those that play that position.

Since the dawn of the league, the first great shooting guard was the NBA logo himself, Jerry West. Then there came guys like George Gervin and Pete Maravich during the dark 70's era of the league. During the 80's and 90's, Reggie Miller and Clyde Drexler dominated the position. Those that came after them were Kobe Bryant, Ray Allen, Vince Carter, and Dwyane Wade. Michael Jordan, the greatest player to have ever played the game, is known as a shooting guard. There have not been a lot of great shooting guards, but they were always the best of their respective eras.

What made those great shooting guards truly elite were combinations of factors that not a lot of players are gifted with. The best shooting guards always had size. Gervin, MJ, Drexler, Carter, and Kobe were all listed as at least 6'6". Size was always a factor when it came to becoming an elite shooting guard. Then there is also athleticism. The great shooting guards were always among the most athletic players in the league. Those that have dominated the position could glide in the air, hang near the rim, and dunk over bigger defenders.

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