\u201cThere was just a lot of shit that was going on that internally we tried to fight through as players, and I can only imagine from a coaching staff. With so much change from the front office, ya\u2019ll know, there was a lot going on,\u201d DeRozan told reporters. \u201cIt\u2019s not nobody\u2019s fault, we all have issues internally with our jobs and sometimes you have to learn how to pivot and maneuver through that. I think that\u2019s just what it was, just call it what it was: Last year just was internally a shit show.\u201d<\/p>\n
This is a new way to put it, right up there with Rudy Gay calling it Basketball Hell<\/a>.<\/p>\n Last season seemed to have got to DeRozan so much he needed to get away from it all to really understand how much it was weighing on him.<\/p>\n \u201cSometimes when you are in a relationship, you have to get out of the relationship to realize who you are,\u201d said DeRozan<\/a>, who admitted he wasn\u2019t himself last year from a mental standpoint and that he could have been better about his approach.<\/p>\n So, his approach this offseason was to re-find himself. After the season ended he took some time to look himself in the mirror and think about the weight he had been carrying due to negativity. A self-described optimist, this weight didn\u2019t allow him to be himself.<\/p>\n From that realization he was dedicated to a reset. He found motivation by working out with his teammates, feeding off the hunger they had going into this season. He saw his new teammate Dennis Schroder win a championship with Germany in the EuroBasket, as well as earning MVP<\/a>, laying a foundation for positive momentum going into training camp. He found motivation by all of the \u201cbullshit\u201d media writes.<\/p>\n He tried a lot of other new things this summer to push himself mentally. He wouldn\u2019t share all of the details with reporters Monday about what those new things were, but he spent time doing things that would give him a mental edge from a work ethic standpoint, saying he tried a lot of things that \u201cbeat me down,\u201d but he got through it.<\/p>\n He now says he\u2019s recharged, rejuvenated, re-motivated and \u201cextremely excited\u201d for the season, describing it as a chance to \u201cmake right of the wrongs\u201d that happened.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Banner-Product-TKH.png\")
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