[Smith] According to a source close to the beloved former Toronto all-star, DeRozan would welcome a Raptors return “if everything works out,” while other sources say the Raptors front office has been thinking about the possibility for some time.

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• [Smith] According to a source close to the beloved former Toronto all-star, DeRozan would welcome a Raptors return “if everything works out,” while other sources say the Raptors front office has been thinking about the possibility for some time.

  The potential role may be the biggest hurdle. DeRozan would be a backup for the first timein Toronto, and while people who know him have been working on him to accept it, it’d be a major career shift. And because he’s so close to cracking the top 10 on the NBA career scoring list (about 2,000 points away), not starting — or not even having a featured scoring role off the bench — would put a crimp in the pursuit of a truly memorable accomplishment. He’s enough of a team player to do whatever i...

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