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By Ryan Wolstat

DeMarre Carroll is looking ahead with excitement, but he’s also willing to glance back at his time in Toronto.

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In doing, so, the veteran small forward detailed, in surprisingly forthright fashion, some of the problems he feels plagued the Raptors.

Carroll expected the weekend move that sent him to Brooklyn in a salary dump — not only because he knew Toronto was in a tight spot financially, but because his fit with the team had not felt right for some time. He greatly enjoyed the city and the fans and sang Toronto’s praises, but the on-court match wasn’t a good one.

“I wasn’t surprised because I knew it was a lot of things going on last year that didn’t come out,” Carroll told Postmedia in his first interview following the deal.

“I wasn’t happy, my agent, we thought the style of ball was going to be different, it was going to be more team-oriented, but I guess it was still iso, so I thought they would have moved me last year, but that didn’t happen.”