The injuries perhaps did not allow him to show everything that the projections spoke of him. But it will remain in the memory of all NBAthat the name of Derrick Roseit will be until someone else gets it, the MVP youngest number 1 basketball player in the world. That same player decided to hang up his uniform after 15 years of service.
The Memphis Grizzlies took action to release him, but a day later the same 35-year-old player ended his playing career.
The youngest MVP in history, three-time All-Star, member of the NBA first team, rookie of the year and two-time world champion with the United States, are some of his great works achieved on the court.
“The next chapter is about chasing my dreams and sharing my growth. I believe true success comes from becoming the person we were created to be, and I want to show the world who I am beyond basketball. Whether good or bad, everything “The world has a story in its life. Even if I could, I wouldn’t change anything about mine, because it is what has helped me find true joy,” Rose highlighted in a post on her social networks.
Derrick Rose says goodbye to basketball. The former player announces his retirement from the NBA and a meteoric career in which he went from being one of the best players in the world to a condition permanently punished by injuries and a limping physique. Even so, andThe point guard never gave up and continued looking for opportunities in various teams, being an important role player who in recent seasons has also acted as a mentor to promising young players..
He played for the Chicago Bulls, where he played his best basketball until his knee said enough. New York Knicks, Minnesota Timberwolves, Cleveland Cavaliers, Detroit Pistons and Grizzlies.
The playmaker retires after 723 games as a professional (in the regular season) in which he scored 12,573 points, got 2,324 rebounds and distributed 3,770 assists.
How did an injury dim Rose’s lights?
Although he was already a star long before winning the MVP with the Bulls, he was part of the prestigious Simeon Institute in his native Chicago and was compared to Ben Wilson, one of those figures who would have led in the NBA but who was caught by misfortune. Rose was given the number 1 pick in the draft by Memphis and there he went to retire as a teacher for the young players of the Grizzlies.
Projections indicated that Rose would be a basketball prodigy, but an injury severely affected his knee and especially his mind.
It was the first game of the Playoffs and the Bulls led by 12 points with just over a minute left. Rose jumped and when her knee fell she said enough. He had a tear in the cruciate of his left leg, and the player changed radically.
“It was a injury that generated mental trauma. “It is incredibly shocking that in that moment he changed the way he thought about himself and his surroundings,” acknowledged Dr. Michael Casale. Although Rose always expressed that the serious injury had changed in another sense. “People think I’m depressed because of everything that happened. It’s quite the opposite,” he reflected.
“My next chapter is about chasing my dreams and sharing my growth as a person. I believe true success comes from becoming what you were created to be, and I want to show everyone who I am beyond basketball,” Rose said in a statement. collected by journalist Shams Charania.
He will always be loved and respected by his peers, especially in the city of Chicago where they hung a billboard with his image and the quote “One of ours.”
