For someone who the world wishes would just stop talking, people sure listen when Derrick Rose speaks. He caused a stir with his recent comments about saving his body. As a refresher: “I feel I’ve been managing myself pretty good. I know a lot of people get mad when they see me sit out. But […]
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Devil’s Advocate: A Defense of Chicago’s Infrastructure
Let’s start by stating the obvious: Jerry Reinsdorf is cheap, Tom Thibodeau is kind of a crazy person, and the front office combo of Gar Forman and John Paxson lack, um, let’s call it bedside manner. Actually, that’s not true, because as we learned from Luol Deng, GarPax won’t even visit your bedside. Surely every Bulls […]
2013 Free Agency Roundup- Day 1
The 2013 NBA offseason has gotten off to a crazy, albeit hilarious, start this year. To this point we’ve been blessed with an NBA draft where almost no one had a clue as to what was going on, a blockbuster trade, endless speculation of where Dwight Howard will play next season, and, of course, the […]
Rose: I didn’t do anything wrong
Speaking at a basketball camp at Joy of the Game in Deerfield, Derrick finally talked to the press about his Summer of Doom. Specifically, the allegations that somebody else took his college entrance exam and the picture that purportedly shows him flashing a gang sign. Here’s what he had to say. Regarding the allegations of […]
More controversy for D-Rose
From Dan McGrath and David Heinzmann of the Chicago Tribune: “Weeks after he was linked to allegations of academic fraud at the University of Memphis, the Bulls’ star guard issued a statement declaring his vehement opposition to gangs in response to a photo posted on the Internet that showed him flashing gang signs at a […]