Rose is enjoying career-highs in field goal percentage (49.7), efficiency field goal percentage (52.8), two-point field goal percentage (54.3), and true shooting percentage (56.4).Īll the while staying relatively healthy, playing in 39 of the Pistons 45 games thus far.Īfter having a bounce back season with the Minnesota Timberwolves, many of Rose’s doubters expected him to fall back to earth. In only 26.2 minutes per game on the season, Rose is putting up 18.5 points, 5.9 assists, and 2.5 rebounds per game on what could be his most efficient season of his NBA career. It’s not a stretch at all, and more so the reality, that one of the only reasons the Pistons are not a dumpster fire on offense is because of how insanely good Rose has been. The Pistons are currently ranked 16th in the NBA in offensive rating with a rating of 109.7. Somehow, though, this offense is far from the bottom. When looking at the Pistons roster minus those three players, this team should be a bottom of the league offense. Jackson and Griffin either haven’t played or have been awful in the times they attempted to play while battling injuries this season. Outside of role players such as Svi Mykhaliuk, Christian Wood, and Sekou Doumbouya who haven’t played nearly as many minutes, Rose has the highest net rating differential at 5.2.ĭetroit has suffered extended injuries to Blake Griffin, Reggie Jackson, and Luke Kennard this season. When he is off, they play like the fifth-worst. To put it another way, when Rose is on the floor Detroit plays like the eighth best offense in the NBA. The 6.5 point differential is the highest on his team by more than 2.0 points. In the 1,150 minutes he’s off the court, the offensive rating is 104.8. In the 1.020 minutes Rose has played, the Pistons have an offensive rating of 111.3. With Rose on the court, Detroit is literally a completely different team. He is one of few bright spots on the Pistons roster this season. The team is 3-1, and Rose is averaging 23.0 points on 61.7 true shooting percentage, 7.0 assists, and 3.5 rebounds in 29.9 minutes per game. The Detroit Pistons are 5-5 over this stretch which may seem like nothing, but when you look at their overall record it’s obvious the difference Rose is making.Įven more telling is Rose’s impact since becoming a starter. In the past 10 games, Rose is averaging 23.6 points on an absolutely absurd 59.2 true shooting percentage, 6.2 assists, and 3.5 rebounds per game. The Chicago-born star has scored 20+ points in 10 consecutive games tying his most consecutive games at that mark since. Quite literally, Rose is doing things he has not done in nearly a decade. And Rose hasn’t been this good since his MVP season in 2011. Instead of being inspired, NBA fans laughed and joked.įast forward two years, and Rose is playing like an All-Star again. Just two years ago, many thought Derrick Rose’s career was over.Ī shining career stalled by a series of injuries, there were clips of Rose in high school gyms practicing, trying to get it all back. In March 2018, he signed with the Minnesota Timberwolves.The former league MVP has come a long way. 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 June 2016, he was traded to the New York Knicks. Rose required surgery and was subsequently sidelined for the entire 2012–13 season. Rose returned to play in 2013–14, but during a regular season game against the Portland Trail Blazers on November 22, 2013, Rose injured his right meniscus which caused him to miss the remainder of the season. Rose returned once again the following season, but knee injuries continued to riddle him, causing him to miss 30 games. In the first round of the 2012 NBA Playoffs against the Philadelphia 76ers, Rose tore his ACL in his left knee. Rose has struggled with significant knee injuries since his 2010–11 MVP campaign. 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. 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. He was highly recruited by colleges, eventually choosing to join the University of Memphis under coach John Calipari. Rose was born and raised in Chicago, and attended Simeon Career Academy. 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. He was named the NBA Rookie of the Year and also became the youngest player to win the NBA Most Valuable Player Award in 2011 at age 22. Derrick Martell Rose (born October 4, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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