Derrick Rose, the most dominant offensive guard in the National Basketball Association (NBA) during his prime, has called it quits.
Rose announced his retirement on social media on Saturday (local time).
In a post titled “Thank You, My First Love,” he described basketball as his first love and thanked it for giving him the highs and lows of life.
Rose joined the Bulls with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2008 NBA Draft, and his career began with a bang, winning Rookie of the Year honors for the 2008-2009 season.
In his second year, Rose was named an All-Star for the first time after raising his regular-season scoring average above 20 points in 2009-2010, leading Chicago to the playoffs for the second straight season and cementing his status as the next big thing.
In the 2010-2011 season, he was at his peak, winning the NBA’s Most Valuable Player (MVP) award over LeBron James (then of Miami). He averaged 25.0 points and 7.7 assists per game in the regular season, leading Chicago to a 62-20 record and first place in the Eastern Conference.
In his early 20s, Rose’s explosive acceleration and spectacular aerial moves mesmerized NBA fans, and his teammate, Chicago’s Michael Jordan, raised expectations even higher.
However, Rose’s glory days came to an end when he tore the ligaments in his left knee during the 2011-2012 season and missed the entire 2012-2013 season.
Rose was traded to the New York Knicks in June 2016 and signed with the Cleveland Cavaliers in July 2017 after struggling to recover from the injury.
After failing to make an impact in Cleveland, Rose was traded to the Utah Jazz in February 2018, but was quickly released.
Unable to find a home, Rose joined the Minnesota Timberwolves a month later, reuniting with his former Chicago head coach Tom Thibodeau.
On October 31, 2018, against Utah at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Rose showed that he hadn’t completely lost the skills that made him an NBA sensation with a 50-point, six-assist performance.
“It’s a hard moment to put into words,” Rose said after the game, tearing up as he set a new career-high for points in a single game.
It was a reminder of Rose’s past struggles to stay competitive in the NBA as an athlete, even as injuries continued to hamper his athleticism.
After leaving Minnesota in 2019, he played for the Detroit Pistons, New York, and finally the Memphis Grizzlies in the 2023-2024 season.
In 723 career NBA regular-season games, Rose averaged 17.4 points, 5.2 assists, and 3.2 rebounds. In the playoffs, he averaged 21.9 points, 6.3 assists and 4.3 rebounds in 52 games. 사설 토토사이트