“In a good way, some of them are really impressive and inspiring in the way they approach the game every night. But others that I used to like, now it’s like I’m just not sure they deserve it. Like they don’t seem like they put as much work in as I thought.”
Derozan said this about newer players in the league and fringe stars/role players/bench pieces. He never implied this for guys who really do this night after night, year after year like Wemby is implying.
But some of the “newer” guys he was talking about still might’ve been guys Wemby looked up to. He’s only been in the league 1 year. He could’ve idolized guys who have only been in the league for like 5 years which to Derozan would def be considered newer.