Unfortunately for the guard, injury problems crept in the next year, as he played in 39 of 66 regular season games before tearing his ACL & MCL late in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals against the Sixers. While the Bulls would lose to the Heat in five games, Rose would finish the 16-game postseason with 27.7 points per game and 7.7 assists per contest. The Bulls wouldn’t look back, winning the next three straight to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals. After dropping Game 1, the guard scored 25 points and had 10 assists in an 86-73 win that tied the series.
He played one year of collegiate basketball for the Memphis Tigers before getting picked first overall in the 2008 NBA draft by his hometown Chicago Bulls.
DERRICK ROSE PROFESSIONAL
Rose had the chance to show off his new hardware before the Bulls faced the Hawks in Game 2 of their Eastern Conference Semifinals series against the Hawks. Derrick Martell Rose (born October 4, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the National Basketball Association's Detroit Pistons (NBA). My days shouldn’t be hard because I love doing what I’m doing and that’s playing basketball.”
“The reason why I play the way that I play, just knowing days that I don’t feel like going to practice or I’m having a hard time, I think about her when she had to wake me up to go to work and just making sure that I’m alright, and making sure the family is alright,” said Rose. Yet the most touching tribute on that day went to the guard’s mother, Brenda, whom Rose thanked for motivating him from the start of his basketball career. Two seasons ago, Derrick Rose was the New York Knicks ‘ best player in their 4-1 playoff loss to the Atlanta Hawks.
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