DeRozan wrote about his public struggle with depression hoping that it could encourage those in need to seek help, including African American men, who are less likely to seek mental health treatment. The former Toronto Raptors forward’s book has already become a bestseller in Canada, according to the Toronto Star. DeRozan also recently spoke to the NBA rookie class and sent each member copies of his book with a handwritten note. “It definitely was a new feeling for me because I never experienced nothing like that,” DeRozan said of writing the book. “[I] Never expected anything like that. It was a first, but it was good because it even helped me with so much more that I realized I had to figure out and work on with myself going forward as a friend, as a father, as a leader. So, it was definitely something that I challenged myself with. But it was tough at first.”