“And the guy who is playing in front of me, Deuce, I can’t hate on that young man. The vibes in here are totally different,” Rose said. I like being around a locker room when the vibrations are just winning. The Knicks entered Wednesday’s game having won four straight since Rose left the rotation. He has been through so many different things that whatever comes his way, he’s going to handle well.” “I obviously have great respect for him because of our relationship. And whatever he could do to help the team, that’s what he always did first. When he was MVP of the league, he cared deeply about his teammates. If he’s not in the rotation, he’s going to be great in practice and in everyone’s ear. “The thing that has been neat is he has sort of been a mentor to Jalen (Brunson). “The thing about Derrick is Derrick has always been great in terms of handling whatever comes his way,” Thibodeau said. But given all that he has been through with Rose, did dropping him from the rotation for the time being weigh on Thibodeau personally? He then signed Rose when he coached the Minnesota Timberwolves and did so again when he got the Knicks job.Ī coach’s job always is to make what he or she feels are the best decisions for the team. He served as the public face for the organization when Rose sat out the entire 2012-13 season following his first serious knee injury, a torn ACL, and constantly defended Rose’s decision. Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau long has been one of Rose’s biggest supporters. I just want to see how many games I play.” Right now, who knows? As long as I can move around, that’s what I want to see,” Rose said.
I want to be able to walk away and I can smile when I’m doing it. Rose said he still has joy for the game and, at least publicly, said all the right things about not playing.
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The Bulls were in talks regarding acquiring Rose during 2021 free agency but ultimately signed Alex Caruso when Rose’s price tag grew too high. The Knicks hold a $15.6 million option for the 2023-24 season, so Rose’s future is up in the air. It’s almost hard to believe for those who watched him grow up here. That’s in part because his single-minded seriousness is what helped fuel his meteoric rise to become the youngest most valuable player in NBA history and also in part because that same no-nonsense approach was so celebrated.ĭ-Rose was not feeling the dancing at the 2012 All-Star intros. And that’s something I would’ve cherished doing when I was here.” The times I didn’t go out to concerts or dinners when I had all the time in the world to do that. “But seriously, you know how it is, you’re older and look back at it. Ja Morant or something, you know what I mean? Gave a little dance. “I wish I had danced a little bit or something. In hindsight, you always wish you had cherished things a little bit more,” Rose said. “Coming back, just seeing it, makes you kind of reminisce about the older days when I was playing here.
But when he did, he did so with a surprising admission. Given the eloquence and professionalism Rose displayed regarding that role, that’s not why he took a trip down Memory Lane. He’s outside of Tom Thibodeau’s rotation. A reflective and upbeat Derrick Rose addressed reporters before Wednesday night’s game between the Chicago Bulls and New York Knicks, the first of two straight between the teams at the United Center.
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