TORONTO - DeMar DeRozan hopes to expand his skill set on the court this season.
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Trainers .DeRozan reached a career-high 11 rebounds and added six
steals to go along with 15 points for his fourth career double-double on
Wednesday to help the Toronto Raptors to an opening night 109-102 victory over
the Atlanta Hawks.Thats my job. Im trying not to be just a scorer, said DeRozan,
who went 4 of 16 from the field. Got to understand when were not making shots,
not just myself, we all got to figure out other ways to impact the game in a big
way. That was what I was trying to do.DeRozan also went 7-for-10 from the
free-throw line, including a memorable sequence late in the fourth quarter.After
missing back-to-back free throws with 33 seconds remaining, DeRozan grabbed his
own rebound and drew another foul. He then hit both shots to give Toronto a
107-101 lead.It wont happen again, wont happen again, DeRozan promised of the
back-to-back late misses. Luckily I got the rebound.According to Raptors coach
Dwane Casey, contributing anyway possible is something that is often talked
about.DeMar didnt have a great shooting night, but he found another way to
contribute, which was on the boards, which was big time, said Casey. Thats what
we preach all the time, your shots may not be falling, but you got to find
another way to contribute to a win and he did that.Casey said his teams ability
to adapt to a poor shooting night shows the growth of his team.Theres other ways
to win other than looking at the shooting stats, he said. A lot of times a young
team will look at that and start panicking and play even worse offence.We didnt.
We allowed the game to come to us and continue to compete, continue to play even
though our shots werent falling.Guard Kyle Lowry, who went just 3-of-11 from the
field to finish with 11 points, added that it was a team win.Were a team, were a
complete team, he said. Me and DeMar, we didnt play as well offensively, but we
did other things to try and help the team win.Greivis (Vasquez) played well, big
fella (Jonas Valanciunas) played well, Amir (Johnson) played well — everyone
filled in and filled in a role.On a night when the starters struggled from the
field, Vasquez went 5-of-11 for 12 points off the bench while Patrick Patterson
went 4-of-9 for 10 points.Theyre coming, its not there yet, guys are still
trying to find their way, said Casey of his bench chemistry. Theres going to be
nights that Lou Williams is going to be huge, theres going to be nights where
James Johnson is going to be huge.Theres going to be nights where its Greivis
night — thats just the way our roster is built right now.
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final. "I felt in control, so that was nice," MacIntyre said.MIAMI -- Michael
Beasleys NBA career got started in Miami, and now the Heat are hoping it can be
revived in Miami. The troubled forward is back with the Heat, signing a contract
on Wednesday that will give him another chance to prove he belongs in the NBA.
He was bought out earlier this month by the Phoenix Suns, not long after the No.
2 pick in the 2008 draft was arrested in Arizona on charges of felony marijuana
possession and possession of drug paraphernalia. "Michael had the best years of
his career with us," Heat President Pat Riley said. "We feel that he can help
us." Yahoo Sports reported on Saturday that the Heat were interested in bringing
Beasley back, and the team quickly and emphatically denied that a reunion was in
the cards. Four days later, the deal was done, and Beasley will be in training
camp with the two-time defending NBA champions on Oct. 1. It took some doing on
Beasleys side to make the Heat offer become reality. A person familiar with the
situation told The Associated Press that the team initially had no interest in
bringing Beasley back, then was swayed after the former Kansas State star
offered to accept a nonguaranteed contract. Thats what it took for the Heat to
decide on Wednesday that they would "give him a shot," said the person, who
spoke on condition of anonymity because neither side had released specific
details of the talks. "Well well well the homie is back," Heat guard Mario
Chalmers, who was particularly close with Beasley, wrote on Twitter. "I want
every heat fan to welcome back my brotha ... aka mr buckets back to Miami. We
focused" Beasley was traded by Miami to Minnesota in July 2010, part of the
sweeping moves that allowed the Heat the financial flexibility to re-sign Dwyane
Wade and Udonis Haslem, plus land Chris Bosh and LeBron James. So there is a
certain irony in that, as the NBA heads into whats expected to be another wild
free-agent summer in 2014 -- with James, Wade and Bosh among those who could be
choosing new homes -- Beasley is back in Miami and tasked with helping the Heat
win a third straight title.
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two very good years in Miami," Riley said when the Heat traded Beasley to
Minnesota for draft picks. "We feel he will have a very productive career." It
hasnt exactly worked out as planned. Beasley averaged a career-best 19.2 points
in his first season in Minnesota, then saw his numbers and productivity plummet
since. In the last two seasons, one largely as a reserve with the Timberwolves
and then this past season as a part-time starter in Phoenix, Beasley has
averaged 10.7 points on 42 per cent shooting. In his two Miami seasons, Beasley
played in 87 Heat wins. In the three seasons since, hes been part of 57 wins.
And then theres the off-court matters, which have always dogged Beasley, even
predating his first NBA game. The Suns bought Beasley out for $7 million and
said that they needed to "demand the highest standards of personal and
professional conduct as we develop a championship culture." In June 2011,
Beasley was ticketed for marijuana possession and speeding in a Minneapolis
suburb. He has acknowledged that while he was with the Heat, he twice violated
the NBAs drug policy and entered a treatment facility in 2009. Hes the latest
entry in the low-risk, potentially high-reward moves the Heat have made in the
past year, first signing Chris Andersen this past January and seeing him become
an important part of the rotation on the way to the second straight title. Miami
also signed Greg Oden to a veterans minimum deal this summer, the same sort of
deal that Beasley is getting from the club. With James, Wade, Oden, Beasley,
Bosh, Shane Battier and Ray Allen, the Heat now have seven players on their
roster who were selected No. 6 or higher in their respective NBA draft classes.
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