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Stephen A. displays on Derrick Rose’s NBA legacy (1:00)
Stephen A. Smith seems to be again on Derrick Rose’s most memorable moments throughout his 16-year NBA profession. (1:00)
Malika Andrews
Malika Andrews
ESPN Workers Author
Tim MacMahon
Tim MacMahon ESPN Workers Author
Sep 26, 2024, 06:08 AM ET
Former MVP Derrick Rose is retiring from the NBA after a 16-year profession.
“Understanding that I gave my all to the sport, I really feel assured in my resolution,” Rose advised ESPN. “Basketball was only the start for me. Now, it is necessary that I give my all to my household — they deserve that.”
Rose, 35, introduced his resolution on social media Thursday morning. He additionally took out full-page advertisements within the native newspapers of the six NBA cities he performed in — Chicago, New York, Cleveland, Minneapolis, Detroit and Memphis — to thank every fan base.
The Memphis Grizzlies had granted Rose’s request to let him out of the ultimate yr of his contract earlier within the week.
Rose arrived within the league because the No. 1 general choose within the 2008 draft, going to his hometown Chicago Bulls. The 6-foot-3 level guard shortly emerged as one of many NBA’s most fun younger stars, dominating and dazzling along with his mixture of athleticism and fearlessness.
Rose gained the 2008-09 Rookie of the 12 months and was an All-Star the subsequent three seasons. He turned the youngest MVP in NBA historical past, successful the distinction as a 22-year-old in 2010-11, when he averaged 25.0 factors and seven.7 assists per recreation to guide the Bulls to a league-best 62-20 file earlier than they made a run to the Japanese Convention finals.
The trajectory of Rose’s profession turned when he tore an ACL throughout the first spherical of the 2012 playoffs. He missed the whole subsequent season and was restricted to solely 10 video games in 2013-14.
His eight-year run with the Bulls ended when Chicago traded Rose to the New York Knicks throughout the 2016 offseason. He was a journeyman within the second half of his profession, as Rose was usually hampered by accidents.
Rose completed his profession with a mean of 17.4 factors and 5.2 assists in 723 video games performed, together with 518 begins. He performed solely 77 video games during the last three season, together with 24 in his lone season in Memphis, the town the place he starred on a university workforce that superior to the 2008 nationwide championship recreation.Former MVP Derrick Rose retiring from NBA after 16-year profession
