Vlade gave him a 20M/3yr deal, Sixers were going to give him a 4M/1yr deal, he wouldn't make that money in Europe. They also signed Yogi, snatching him away from the Mavs after they renounced him making him an UFA. Derozan got it right there's no loyalty in the game, players should use every advantage they can to make more dough.
The Mavs were smart to renounce Yogi, they're the ones who gave him an opportunity in the first place from the G/D-League and allowed him to play enough minutes to lock in another deal in this league. I think he got like $6.5mil. Mavs drafted two guards Doncic and Brunson and I believe a couple others played well in Summer League....sorry Yogi you gotta go. They did him the biggest favor
Derozan may have a point to a degree but then again he doesn't when you look at what Durant, Kawhi did. I can list several examples of team loyalty and plenty of examples of lack of player loyalty
[Team Loyalty]
Ainge re-upped Smart,
Pop apologized to Aldridge and said he was in the wrong didn't trade him
Clippers chased down Jordan gave him $100mil to return
Orlando paid Gordon 4yrs $80mil
Charlotte still hasn't traded Kemba after rumor after rumor
Denver re-upped Barton 2 times
Rudy Gay re-upped twice with Spurs, heck they even re-upped Pau with a 3yr deal at the age of 36
Utah re-upped Exum after two major injuries
Pels gave Jrue Holiday $125mil when his last 2-3yrs there were riddled with injuries and family health scare
OKC gave Felton and Grant deals to return
Chicago matched rich offer to retain Lavine
Rockets gave CP3 $160mil
But
[Player Disloyalty]
Butler turned down 4yrs $110mil
Boogie turned down 2yrs $40mil and even went as far to lie and say he wasn't offered a contract to sign with a Conference foe
Jordan opts out of a $24mil deal and takes $2mil less to join the team he tried to leave for 3yrs ago
Kyle O'Quinn opts out of a $4.5mil deal to accept the same salary to a Conference foe and had some so called misunderstood words to say when joining new team
Towns at the moment is refusing to sign a $160mil extension all because he's butthurt
Hezonja left Orlando to join our team for what I believe was similar money
It really depends on circumstances and what makes sense but I'm all for players getting paid their worth. Derozan got a $139mil from the Raptors and he has the nerve to be talking about "loyalty"...played like garbage 2yrs in a row during the playoffs? I gotta call bulljive on him again here!