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Derrick Rose

Rose in 2019

No. 25 – Minnesota Timberwolves

Position Point guard

League NBA

Personal information
Born October 4, 1988 (age 30)

Chicago, Illinois

Nationality American

Listed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)

Listed weight 200 lb (91 kg)

Career information

High school Simeon Career Academy

(Chicago, Illinois)

College Memphis (2007–2008)

NBA draft 2008 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1st overall

Selected by the Chicago Bulls

Playing career 2008–present

Career history

2008–2016 Chicago Bulls

2016–2017 New York Knicks

2017–2018 Cleveland Cavaliers

2018–present Minnesota Timberwolves

Career highlights and awards

 NBA Most Valuable Player (2011)

 3× NBA All-Star (2010–2012)

  All-NBA First Team (2011)

 NBA Rookie of the Year (2009)

 Third-team All-American – AP, NABC (2008)

 McDonald's All-American (2007)

 Illinois Mr. Basketball (2007)

Stats at NBA.com

Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Medals[hide]

Men's basketball
Representing United States
World Championship/World Cup
2010 Turkey Team
2014 Spain Team

Derrick Martell Rose (born October 4, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for
the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played one year of
college basketball for the Memphis Tigers before being drafted first overall by his hometown Chicago
Bulls in the 2008 NBA draft.[1] After being named the NBA Rookie of the Year, Rose, at age 22,
became the youngest player to win the NBA Most Valuable Player Award in 2011.
Rose was born and raised in Chicago, and attended Simeon Career Academy. He was highly
recruited by colleges, eventually choosing to join the University of Memphis under coach John
Calipari. Rose led the Tigers to the most wins in NCAA history (a 38–2 record), their first number 1
ranking in 25 years, and an appearance in the NCAA championship game. In 2009, an NCAA
investigation revealed that Rose's SAT scores had been invalidated, and as a result, the NCAA
vacated Memphis' entire 2007–08 season.[2]
Rose has struggled with significant knee injuries since his 2010–11 MVP campaign. In the first round
of the 2012 NBA Playoffsagainst the Philadelphia 76ers, Rose tore his ACL in his left knee. Rose
required surgery and was subsequently sidelined for the entire 2012–13 season.[3] Rose returned to
play in 2013–14. However, on November 22, 2013, during a regular season game against
the Portland Trail Blazers, Rose injured his right meniscus which caused him to miss the remainder
of the season.[4] Rose returned once again the following season, but knee injuries continued to riddle
him, causing him to miss 30 games. In June 2016, he was traded to the New York Knicks. After one
season with the Knicks, Rose joined the Cleveland Cavaliers in July 2017, but was traded and
subsequently released by the Utah Jazz the following February. In March 2018, he signed with the
Timberwolves.

Contents

 1Early life
 2High school career
 3College career
 o 3.1Grading controversy
 4Professional career
o 4.1Chicago Bulls (2008–2016)
 4.1.12008–09: Rookie of the Year
 4.1.22009–11: All-Star season and MVP campaign
 4.1.32011–12: ACL tear
 4.1.42012–13: Year absence
 4.1.52013–14: Return and torn meniscus
 4.1.62014–15: Back to the playoffs
 4.1.72015–16: Final season with the Bulls
o 4.2New York Knicks (2016–2017)
o 4.3Cleveland Cavaliers (2017–2018)
o 4.4Minnesota Timberwolves (2018–present)
 5National team career
 6Player profile
 7Career statistics
o 7.1NBA
 7.1.1Regular season
 7.1.2Playoffs
o 7.2College
 8Accomplishments and awards
o 8.1NBA
o 8.2College
o 8.3High school
 9Personal life
 10Endorsements
 11See also
 12References
 13External links

Early life
Rose was born and raised in the Englewood area, one of the most dangerous neighborhoods
on Chicago's South Side.[5] He is the youngest son of Brenda Rose after Dwayne, Reggie, and Allan.
All three were talented basketball players who taught Rose the in and outs of basketball on nearby
courts.[5][6] As his talent for the sport grew, Rose began to attract much more outside attention in
Chicago's basketball circles, leading his mother and brothers to restrict outside contact to him. She
feared he would be exploited and his path to the NBA diverted by outside parties like street agents,
similar to what happened to former Chicago prospect Ronnie Fields.[7]

High school career

By the time Rose enrolled at Simeon Career Academy in 2003, he was a hot commodity for
collegiate coaches. Despite his reputation, he played freshmen and JV basketball for the
Wolverines. He wore No. 25 in honor of Ben "Benji" Wilson, a promising player who was murdered
by a gang member during his senior year in 1984.[8] Rose was not allowed on varsity due to a long-
standing tradition that head coach Bob Hambric, who had been with the school since 1980 had no
freshmen on the varsity team. That rule did not lessen Rose's play, and he went on to put up
18.5 points, 6.6 assists, 4.7 rebounds and 2.1 steals per game and led both the freshmen and
sophomores to city championships with a 24–1 record.[9] Hambric softened his stance and allowed
the freshman a chance to play on varsity in the state tournament, but Rose declined, wanting the
players to get due credit.[10] The next year Hambric retired and Robert Smith was hired, opening the
path to varsity. In Rose's debut, he had 22 points, 7 rebounds and 5 steals over Thornwood High
School in a sold-out game filled with college scouts and coaches.[11] He led the Wolverines to a 30–5
mark while averaging 19.8 points, 5.1 rebounds, 8.3 assists and 2.4 steals but the season ended
after a loss in state regionals. Rose's play garnered him his first national award: a Parade All-
American third team spo