The coach was Jay Triano, and he saw something in DeRozan that needed nurturing. “I remember, he gave me the confidence my second year to be the scorer that I am today,” DeRozan said. Being 20, 21 years old, to hear your head coach tell you that, it gave me everything.”Article Continued BelowDeRozan parlayed that support from Triano, the former Raptors head coach, into a career that exploded after about three seasons. Triano gave him a starter’s role as a rookie and let him screw up every now and then because the explosive DeRozan had an abundance of promise. “(He’s) kind of a player’s coach.

Source: thestar December 05, 2017 18:22 UTC