From ESPNChicago.com: “The Chicago Bulls exercised the fourth-year option on point guard Derrick Rose, and the third-year options on Taj Gibson and James Johnson on Monday. That means all three players will be under contract with the Bulls for the 2011-12 season.” Well, there really wasn’t much suspense about Rose and Gibson. Rose might end […]
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Strong words from Derrick Rose
This is the full scope of what Derrick had to say after the Bulls’ 38-point loss in Orlando on Saturday night (via Chicago Press Release Services): “We know that if we start off and our offense isn’t there, our defense has to be even better. After we came in to the locker room, I told […]
Derrick Rose has mildly above-average expectations
Over the past few weeks, Bulls players have been doling out heaping helpings of optimism about the upcoming season. Kyle Korver bragged up team chemistry and Carlos Boozer set the modest organization goal of a championship. Now, amidst rumors of some serious Boozer-inspired training camp synergy, we have been informed that Derrick Rose believes he can be one […]
Gold medalist D-Rose on the ‘Melo rumors
From FanHouse: “Right now, I think that we have our team (in order for the season),” Rose said. “If it was something like (a trade for Anthony), I would have heard it (was close) or somebody would have called me. Nobody has called me yet. He’s still in Denver. He hasn’t said he wants to […]
Derrick Rose is playing, maturing, hitting threes
In Team USA’s 121-66 win over Angolo, Derrick Rose hit back-to-back three-pointers to start the third quarter. Those treys pushed the lead to 71-38. I guess you can’t really call Derrick’s double-triples “daggers” or “knock-out blows” considering the magnitude of the U.S. lead. Angola was already toast. Badly burned toast at that. Still, it showed how much confidence […]
Please forgive my lying eyes
Apparently, I can’t read. Rose didn’t jack up seven treys. Chauncey Billups did. Oy. But I still have the same fear: I don’t want Rose to become too reliant on his outside shooting. His free throw attempts per game need to go up. To me, that’s just as important as developing his outside touch. Free throws […]
Derrick Rose had a productive weekend
Team USA is now 2-0 in the FIBA world championships. They’re not going to draw comparisons to the Dream Team of 1992 or even the so-called Redeem Team of 2008…but they’re doing pretty well for a group widely (and rather correctly) referred to as Team USA’s “B” team. It’s been great to see these guys band together. Now let’s […]
Derrick Rose was the best player on Team USA for a night
To celebrate becoming an official member of Team USA, Derrick Rose helped lead his new team to an 87-59 exhibition win over Greece. Rose — who started at the point guard spot — finished with 13 points (6-for-7 from the field, 1-for-2 from downtown), 2 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 assist and zero turnovers in 19 […]
Derrick Rose versus The World (well, Spain, anyway)
In yesterday’s warmup game for the FIBA world championships, Team USA eked out an 86-85 win over Spain in Madrid. What a way to celebrate National Tooth Fairy Day…thanks Team USA! I know. The final score isn’t very impressive considering the expectations for any squad named Team USA. But in all fairness, Spain — the defending world champs — suffered only […]
D-Rose’s jumper: Now with more arc
I saw this video of Derrick Rose shooting jumpers on Docksquad Sports (via TrueHoop): As SV at Docksquad said: “Rose has been in the gym putting in work on it all off season long, and it’s looking like it is paying off. People who have seen him play in the off season are raving about […]