DeMar DeRozan EXCLUSIVE: Expectations w/ Kings & Relationship With Popovich | The Hoop Collective
Brian Windhorst is joined by new Sacramento Kings forward DeMar DeRozan to talk about his new book Above the Noise: My Story of Chasing Calm, his advocacy for mental health, how his childhood shaped his NBA career, the origins of his nickname, his unique relationship with Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, his experiences with being traded and his expectations with the Kings.
0:00 Intro
1:40 DeMar DeRozan Interview
3:03 DeRozan Being Known As A Calm Player
4:19 DeRozan Being A Mental Health Advocate
8:25 How His Youth Shaped Him For Today
14:02 Origins Of His Nickname
15:42 His Father’s Impact On Him
23:04 His Relationship With Gregg Popovich
28:40 Expectations In Sacramento
34:48 Thanks For Watching & Show Reminder
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37 Comments
Demar is a legend 🙌
DeMar so good, shame he joined the queens
What's up brother
You can never hate on DeMar DeRozan, he’s helped out so many folks out from players and fans. He the first one who brought up mental health before anyone even talked about it and broke the stigma, and in doing so, he made other players feel comfortable in opening up and talk about their struggles with mental health, glad he’s leading the charge.
Solid dude and a straight assassin on the court. Wishing him a successful season, I hope he gets a ring before it’s all said and done.
Love DeRozan 🇨🇦🦖
No high expectations. Either play-in or first round exit.
amazing human being. mid range savant. hail demar god bless you
Great watch! Always been a Demar fan
Can't wait to see the Kings shock folks
I identify with Demar completely. I used to fight all the time growing up and when my son was born I thought he would be trouble for me. My son is kind and gentle like me NOW. And when I see him I always hug him and let him know I love him. Demar sounds like a great guy and I wish him joy, peace and great things for his life.
Good interview !!! Great job
All the guys so old now 😢 the nba is gonna be trash when all these 15-20 year vets hang it up.
The Kings need to bring back those cold black jerseys.
I love these interviews where you get to know better the person, Demar seems like a very nice guy (and for sure a great player). Good job Brian! Love the Hoop collective from Italy ❤❤🇮🇹🇮🇹
I like the fact that Windy actually read the book and is not asking Demar to sell it but instead discussing it with him. You can see Demar appreciates it too. Legend
Spurs fans LOVE DeMar. He only spent 3 years in San Antonio, but in those three years his character was clear. A stand-up guy who was always comported himself with class. It's impossible not to respect his game and impossible not to respect his character.
Great interview.
This is a very under rated interview especially if you could identify as derozan and understand we’re he’s coming from the street are real and if you don’t think beyond that you will get sucker in the streets I stay in Compton but I’m from Hollywood but I can for sure certainly understand weres he’s coming from !
I love the hoop collective so much, I wish they did more shows
That was great. Thank you guys.
Defrozen is a snake and a fraud. Huge bust. Bro didn’t do nothing in Chicago 🤣🤣🤣🤣 fixing to do NOTHING again in sacrament
Brian, you look good 👍 How much weight did u drop this summer?
Denar is the man, felt so bad for him when Toronto won the year after he left, he tried so hard w them…a true professional…dont sleep on Sacramento this season!
Demar's courage into writing and publishing this book is greatly appreciated. All love to you Brother! And credit to Windy for the great questions!!
They push mental health to put ppl on pills .
I'll put this interview up there with KoC's interview with Wemby as one of the best sports interviews I've heard in a long time. Well done all around!
Top tier interview 👏👏👏
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Great interview. I' can't wait to read his book!
Kings western conference finals! Calling it now
so happy to have him in sac
I believe DeMar will brings Kings to playoffs
Sending love from Saskatchewan Canada Demar
Love DeMar
Great interview light the beam
When is the media going to stop throwing their little digs at the Kings every chance they get? 🙄
Typical semi-disrespectful attitude towards Sacramento. They all say how he’s going to fit here?! He played for the Bulls last season. Tell me all the elite shooters on that team!? That’s okay, I’ll wait…The Kings have Monk, Murray, and Huerter to be on the floor with him. Fox can hit the three at a high clip and Sabonis can distribute as well as any point guard. That’s how he will fit.