What this tells me, is that Ujiri can’t flat out say that he lied to DeRozan, but he did.
If DeRozan wasn’t telling the truth, he could have just said, he never said that, but he couldn’t do that, could he.
“I had a conversation with DeMar at summer league, and I really want to leave it at that,” Ujiri said Friday. “We spoke … I think maybe my mistake was talking about what we expected going forward from him. So, not necessarily talking about a trade but what I expect from him going forward, and I think that’s where the gap was.”
“In my job, I always have to assume we’re going forward with the team that I have. If there was a miscommunication there, I do apologize to DeMar and his family and his representation. It’s not what I meant.”
Sources close to DeRozan had told ESPN’s Chris Haynes that DeRozan met with Toronto officials in Las Vegas during summer league and believed that he would not be traded.
Teams lie all the time, so you can’t be shocked when this stuff happens.
Flip the pages to see DeRozan’s IG messages about being stabbed in back and if Demar accepted the apology.