Derrick Martell Rose (born: October 4, 1988) is an American former professional basketball player.[1]
History[]
Derrick Martell Rose was born and raised in the Englewood area of Chicago, Illinois.[2] He is the youngest son of Brenda Rose after Dwayne, Reggie, and Allan. All three were talented basketball players who taught Rose the ins and outs of basketball on nearby courts.[3] 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. 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.[4]
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.[5] 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. 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.[6] The next year Hambric retired and Robert Smith was hired, opening the path to varsity.[7]
Rose was selected to play in the Jordan Brand All-Star Game and Nike Hoop Summit. In 2009, Rose was named the decade's third greatest high school point guard by ESPN RISE magazine behind Chris Paul and T. J. Ford, and had his jersey number retired along with Ben Wilson.[8][9]
Rose accepted a scholarship to play for the University of Memphis Tigers under John Calipari, who recruited him after seeing him play in an AAU game.[10] Strong efforts were made by Indiana University and in-state University of Illinois to sign Rose to their own programs.[11] Illinois in particular planned to pair Rose and their five-star recruit Eric Gordon, who had played AAU basketball with Rose.[12] Rose chose Memphis because of the school's history of putting players in the NBA and the prospect of Rod Strickland mentoring him. Rose switched to #23, due to the fact that #25 had been retired by the school in honor of Penny Hardaway.[13]
On April 15, Rose announced he would drop his final three seasons at Memphis and declared for the 2008 NBA draft.[14]
Rose was selected with the first overall pick in the 2008 draft by the Chicago Bulls.[15] He was selected to the U.S. Select Team to scrimmage against and prepare the National Team for the Olympics in Beijing.[16]
On September 26, 2024, Rose announced his retirement.[17]
References[]
- ↑ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Derrick-Rose
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20140808055234/http://www.suntimes.com/sports/basketball/5365750-419/derrick-rose-stays-connected-to-tough-englewood-neighborhood.html
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20111011085004/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1114058/index.htm
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20090123224700/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/highschool/11/20/hs.rose1127/1.html
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20090219222433/http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=jackson%2F080701&sportCat=nba
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20081229202544/http://preps.scout.com/2/493015.html
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20081229202331/http://yourseason.suntimes.com/1026724,062608rosedebut.article
- ↑ http://sports.espn.go.com/highschool/rise/basketball/boys/news/story?id=3903359
- ↑ http://www.nba.com/bulls/news/rose_simeon_091114.html
- ↑ http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2008/columns/story?id=3452587
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20080928230455/http://blogs.suntimes.com/preps/2006/10/which_school_will_derrick_rose.html
- ↑ http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2006/jul/07/keegan_chicagoan_targeted_self/?sports
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20080928190447/http://gotigersgo.cstv.com/genrel/082108aac.html
- ↑ http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2008/news/story?id=3347737
- ↑ http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2008/news/story?id=3405648
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20080727041031/http://www.suntimes.com/sports/derrickrose/1072443,CST-SPT-1psep24.article
- ↑ https://www.nba.com/news/former-kia-nba-mvp-derrick-rose-announces-retirement-after-16-years
