Loyalty was a quality DeMar DeRozan had when he was a member of the Toronto Raptors.  He embraced the city of Toronto and represented it as if he was born here.

Basketball, though, is a business (like any other sport) before anything else and on Tuesday, DeRozan was reminded of that fact in the harshest way possible as he was traded to the Spurs.

 

 

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A trade as big as this one came with a ton of reaction on social media to all aspects of the deal, including the lack of loyalty from the Raptors and NBA players across the league couldn't believe the lack of loyalty shown to DeMar.

Isaiah Thomas knows what DeRozan is experiencing all too well and even though every player knows this situation is part of the job and what they signed up for, that doesn't make it any easier because there's so much more to being traded than just playing for a new team.

We think we speak for everyone when we say we wish DeMar the best of luck in San Antonio.

(H/T: Twitter)