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The Gifted One
A Q + A with DeMar DeRozan.
by Justin Walsh
A Q + A with DeMar DeRozan.
by Justin Walsh
Compton. Homicide rate eight times higher than the national average. A couple bright spots on the surface—Douglas Dollarhide and Doris A. Davis. Too many ached craters of bad. The affluent fled. The tax base deteriorated. The crack boom made it worse. Corruption. Murder. Crime. Poverty. Fences, not the wrought iron kind—the chain link with the barbs at the top.
What does that have to do with DeMar DeRozan? To understand the man you have to understand the surroundings. Compton, for all its adversity and social decay, produces basketball players in droves. Dennis Johnson, Tayshaun Prince, Tyson Chandler, Brandon Jennings… DeMar DeRozan.
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