The NBA is all about small sample sizes. With 82 games a year, and 48 minutes a night, a player can be ice cold one week, and red hot the next.
This past week has been all about DeMar DeRozan. The super-sophomore put up 37 and 27 in back-to-back games against Houston and Boston. While the Raptors have been struggling with injuries, hence the expanded role for the California native, many fans were hoping to see such an emergence from DeRozan at some point this year.
The most appealing players in the draft in recent years have been the long, athletic players who do not fit a certain position or role. Many combo guards and multi talented front court players have been drafted high based on their raw athletic skills, rather then their basketball ability. Some say that point guards are taking over the league, with Derrick Rose, Russell Westbrook, John Wall and Tyreke Evans changing the face of the position. But they are simply extremely gifted athletes that do not fall into the mould of a typical point guard. Instead of facilitating the offence like a true point guard, this new generation of guards attacks the bucket and knocks down jumpers. 
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