{"id":556356,"date":"2026-10-26T20:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T19:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=556356"},"modified":"2026-10-26T20:49:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T19:49:49","slug":"denver-nuggets-demar-derozans-cryptic-post-sparks-concern-and-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/denver-nuggets-demar-derozans-cryptic-post-sparks-concern-and-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Denver Nuggets, DeMar DeRozan\u2019s cryptic post sparks concern and support"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Concern is growing on social media after DeMar DeRozan shared a somber message on X. The Denver Nuggets guard wrote: \u201cYou ever just sit in a dark room and feel like the darkness is the only thing that truly understands you. No fake smiles, no false hope. Just raw bitter silence\u2026\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You ever just sit in a dark room and feel like the darkness is the only thing that truly understands you. No fake smiles, no false hope. Just raw bitter silence\u2026<\/p>&mdash; DeMar DeRozan (@DeMar_DeRozan) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DeMar_DeRozan\/status\/2114430165438902575?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The post prompted a wave of reactions, with fans and well-known figures sending messages of support, affection and encouragement. DeRozan previously spoke publicly about his battle with depression in 2018, helping bring greater attention to mental health in the NBA. The meaning behind his latest message remains unclear, and no further clarification has been provided. Supporters have continued to express their concern and hope that the veteran guard is doing well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The guard\u2019s somber message has prompted an outpouring of encouragement from fans and public figures. DeRozan spoke openly about his depression in 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":174,"featured_media":395180,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[399],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-556356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/07\/DeMar-DeRozan-photo-FIBA.jpg","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/174"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=556356"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":556363,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556356\/revisions\/556363"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556356"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=556356"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=556356"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=556356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}