October 16, 2023, 1:00 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\nDeMar DeRozan grabs a football, knowing he can show his Chicago Bulls teammates something special.<\/p>\n
The six-time NBA All-Star, dressed in a black Nipsey Hussle T-shirt and sweatpants, approaches the 50-yard line, with Zach LaVine standing next to him. Ayo Dosunmu lines up as DeRozan’s receiver and takes off down the field. DeRozan pumps fakes and signals Dosunmu to go deeper before unlocking a perfect spiral over the head of a team personnel member and straight into Dosunmu’s waiting hands as his intended receiver enters in the end zone. LaVine’s jaw drops in disbelief.<\/p>\n
“I didn’t know DeMar had an arm like that. It’s not a mechanism, he just operated it,” LaVine said later. “It was impressive to see that, not about speed or power, just smooth throwing. Like, oh my god DeMar. My face said it all.”<\/p>\n
It was the final evening of the Bulls’ week-long training camp in Nashville, Tennessee, and the team was touring the Tennessee Titans’ facilities. The tour included a tour of an NFL locker and weight room and a meeting with Titans coach Mike Vrabel before the team had the chance to take the practice field , where DeRozan showed off his skills.<\/p>\n
Shortly after his touchdown pass to Dosunmu, DeRozan threw the ball from about the 10-yard line, about 60 yards downfield, into the hands of another receiver, his teammates’ jaws dropping at the skill of DeRozan’s previously unknown quarterbacks.<\/p>\n