San Antonio Spurs superstar DeMar DeRozan is currently in the middle of a mini-spat against ABC's award-winning comedy show, “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” The four-time All-Star and his camp apparently requested the show to not air a clip that had been shot more than a year ago under the premise that DeRozan did not want to be in the spotlight now that his former team, the Toronto Raptors, are in the Finals.
Aaron Goodwin, DeRozan's agent, spoke with Sam Amick of The Athletic to share their side of the story and explain why they are feeling a bit hard done by the show.
“We found out a few days ago, and we alerted them immediately that it’s not something that we wanted them to do nor did DeMar want it on,” Goodwin told The Athletic. “We felt it was extremely insensitive to the fact that DeMar’s (former) team is playing in the Finals. They made it clear to us that it was funny to them, although it wasn’t funny enough for them to use a year ago when they shot it. And apparently that’s all that matters to them. We even asked them, ‘If you’re going to air this thing, put up a disclaimer that, for whatever reason, you’ve had this footage for over a year and you decided to use it now. And they refused to do that.”
The skit, which aired on Sunday, did not seem to have anything insensitive on it that could have had an effect on the Raptors and their current bout against the defending champs, the Golden State Warriors. Perhaps DeRozan just did not want to cause any sort of distraction to his former teammates, as they do everything in their power to try and upset a dynasty-seeking Dubs side.
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