Derrick Rose

Rose On Impending Free Agency

... their lottery pick in June's draft. Rose has talked about being uncomfortable in the Knicks' triangle offense several times over the course of the season. The club is committed to running the triangle going forward, and coach Jeff Hornacek has said personnel decisions will be made with the offense in mind. Rose, whom the Knicks dangled in trade talks with the Minnesota Timberwolves before the deadline, has said he enjoys New York, and he and his agent, B. J. Armstrong , say he is open to a return, but the Knicks' offensive system likely will factor in. Asked on Wednesday whether he can fit in the triangle, Rose said, "I'd be fine." He added: "I'm just confident in any offense.". Rose will take an open approach to free agency. "It's a part of free agency to see about the other teams out there, whoever is out there, whoever is interested. At least give them a chance and go from there. "This will be the first time I'll be a free agent. I don't know how that process goes," he added. "After the season, me, my agent, my brothers, family will have to talk about it. Of course I want to be here, just being in this environment, ...

Derrick Rose Got A Call From John Calipari When He Went Awol

... Kentucky faces UCLA Friday night in a Sweet 16 classic in Memphis. Rose flew to Los Angeles during the All-Star break and caught UCLA’s 102-70 rout of USC at Pauley Pavilion on Feb. 18. Rose spent all summer at UCLA working out with former Jets coach Sal Alosi, now the Bruins football trainer. But Rose never bumped into Ball, who could be a Knick next season if the NBA Draft lottery ping-pong balls bounce fortuitously. “I love his game,’ Rose said Thursday night after the Knicks were routed by the Trail Blazers in another meaningless March contest. “He’s very patient. You can tell he knows the game — IQ is very high. I just want to see him around other pros. You can tell he’s a talented kid and he takes the game serious and works on his game.”. Asked if he had talked to Ball, Rose laughed. “I stay out of the way,’ Rose said. “I’m playing against him next year, so I stay out of the way.’. Rose, who admits he tries not to watch a lot of basketball, also offered a positive review of Aaron Holiday, a sophomore combo guard averaging 12.5 points. The 20-year-old, the youngest of the three Holiday brothers, could enter the draft, but is considered more a second-rounder. The Knicks ...

Knicks' Rose Out For Season With Torn Meniscus

... to leave the team without explanation before an early January game against the New Orleans Pelicans because of what he called a "family issue." But prior to the injury, the Knicks hadn't ruled out the possibility of bringing Rose back for next season, according to sources. Rose averaged 18.0 points, 4.4 assists and 3.8 rebounds this season. Knicks president Phil Jackson acquired Rose in a trade with the Bulls that also netted Justin Holiday. The Knicks sent the Bulls center Robin Lopez and guard Jerian Grant in the deal. Jackson hoped that with Rose and free-agent signees Joakim Noah , Brandon Jennings and Courtney Lee on board, the Knicks could compete for a playoff spot. That didn't materialize, as the Knicks entered Sunday's game against the Boston Celtics with a 29-47 record. They will miss the ...

Snark Buffet Serving Up Jonathan Toews, Mike Glennon, Tom Brady And A Side Of Derrick Rose

... stretches in which the Hawks weren’t getting close enough to be frustrated by great netminding. Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville on the team's 5-4 OT loss. Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville on the team's 5-4 overtime loss to the Lightning. See more videos. Patriots owner Robert Kraft said Tom Brady told him he wants to play another six or seven seasons. That’s 24 starting quarterbacks in Bears years. The story that the Patriots won’t trade Jimmy Garoppolo grew from the belief the Pats wouldn’t trust Jacoby Brissett to win a Super Bowl if Brady was hurt. Those are the NFL ’s version of first-world problems. The Bears, meanwhile, have third-world problems where nobody trusts the new starter, the new backup or the offensive coordinator. Oh, and we can’t trust the GM to draft a quarterback because he hasn’t done that in two years after saying he believed in doing it every year and now is “fired up’ about paying Tampa Bay’s ...

You Can’t Help But Feel Badly For Knicks' Derrick Rose

... make the playoffs also. So that’s tough, man, that we didn’t complete a goal that we set out to do, and then in doing so he gets hurt in that game. So definitely feel for him.”. You can’t say Jackson couldn’t have seen this coming. Never mind that Rose is an ill-fit for the triangle and was entering a messy civil trial for a rape accusation, he was acquired with an understanding the knees were combustible. The trade cost for the Knicks was Jerian Grant and Robin Lopez, but it went beyond those parameters. By dealing for Rose, Jackson set the tone for a win-now directive, which led to the signing of Joakim Noah on an inflated four-year, $72 million deal. Derrick Rose seeking payment from rape accuser. Together, Rose and Noah represented Jackson’s biggest trade as an executive and his biggest free-agent signing outside of Carmelo Anthony. Today, both players are out for the season. Noah was suspended 20 games for failing a drug test, and Rose may have played his final game with the franchise because he couldn’t avoid another knee tear. “The explosiveness that we saw years ...

Celtics Top Knicks In Carmelo Anthony, Derrick Rose's Absence For 50th Win

... recorded 19 points and six assists in 24 minutes. Thomas was pleased after the contest, via the NBA on Twitter. NBA @NBA. 4/2/2017, 7:30:47 PM. Six players scored in double figures for the Celtics, including rookie Jaylen Brown, who earned the start in Bradley's stead and finished with 16 points in 27 minutes, including this nice cut to the basket and finish. Courtney Lee (16 points) and Kristaps Porzingis (14 points) led the way for the Knicks, who were without Carmelo Anthony (back) and Derrick Rose (knee). Lee and Porzingis also provided two of the game's more exciting moments. Lee drained this buzzer-beater to end the first quarter. And Porzingis added a nice alley-oop finish in the third. Boston has five regular-season games remaining, including a crucial home matchup against the Cavaliers on Wednesday that may decide the top seed in the East playoffs. The Cavs lead the season series, 2-1. The Knicks front office likely isn't lamenting this loss, which dropped the team to just 0.5 games ahead of the Philadelphia 76 ers in the East ...

Sore Knee Keeps Derrick Rose Out Of Knicks’ Lineup Vs. Heat

... and pains continue for Derrick Rose. The Knicks’ point guard sat out Wednesday’s game against the Heat with a sore left knee, according to head coach Jeff Hornacek. “It’s just a little sore,” Hornacek said. “There’s a little swelling, hopefully he could play next game.”. Hornacek and Rose both added that if it were a playoff game he’d be out there, but Rose is heading into free agency and the fragile point guard’s health will be a major concern for interested teams going forward. Knicks’ Derrick Rose still has eye issues from injury 2 years ago. Rose has had three knee surgeries — one on his ACL in 2012 and two on his right meniscus in 2013 and 2015 — but he’s played in 64 of the Knicks’ 75 games this season, two shy of his total from last year, which has him confident he’s proven he can stay on the court. “I feel like my body of work shows that it’s up to teams to take it, look it over, do what they want with it but I think I’ve proven myself this year,” Rose said. The Knicks should at least consider that body of work before looking elsewhere for a point guard. Derrick Rose is dealing with a bum knee and will sit out Wednesday night's game vs. Miami. (Rick Bowmer/AP). Last ...

Rose Out For Season With Left Knee Injury

... support him the best we can as teammates and hopefully he can get back to 100 percent during this offseason.”. Courtney Lee, who led the Knicks with 16 points and five assists, said the news was tough but added that the injury is something a player can recover from pretty quickly. “I feel for him a lot in knowing the situation,” Lee said. “That’s a quick-healing injury. What is it six, seven weeks? So I mean it could have been worse, you can look at it that way.”. Knicks videos. Rose had missed the previous two games with what the team described as soreness and swelling. He said Wednesday that he initially felt the discomfort in his knee before the Knicks’ win over the Pistons on Monday, a game in which he scored 27 points in 33 minutes. Rose said at the time that he didn’t believe the injury was anything serious or would need to be surgically repaired. He had expected to return to the court shortly. Rose averaged 18.0 points and 4.4 assists in 64 games. He and his ...

Knicks Beat Heat With Defense They Lacked This Season

... more so defensively. Associate head coach Kurt Rambis was appointed defensive coordinator early in the season, but things never turned around. The players expressed nearly as much frustration about the defense as with having to play the triangle. Knicks videos. It seems Rambis will remain in that position. He is close friends with Knicks president Phil Jackson, and Hornacek said there is no plan to look for a defensive coach this offseason. “The defensive schemes, maybe we have to simplify it for them,” Hornacek said before the game. “We’ll take a look at all that stuff, but not necessarily needing a defensive guy.’. Countless breakdowns, as well as a lack of effort, contributed to the Knicks giving up 108.4 points per game before Friday night. Rose, who played for a defensive tactician in Tom Thibodeau with the Bulls, recognized early that defense ...

Derrick Rose To Have Knee Surgery Again, Miss Rest Of Season

... He made it through just 10 games in 2013-14 before he was sidelined by a torn meniscus in his right knee and missed 20 more games the following season because of trouble with the same knee. Rose played in 66 games last season for Chicago, his most since his 2011 MVP season, and the Knicks took a chance on his health by acquiring him on the eve of the NBA draft in June. Rose, who didn't have to rehab last summer for a change, appeared to have regained much of his quickness this season while playing in 64 games and averaging 18 points. But his contract expires after this season and teams will have to decide if Rose is worth another big deal given his injury history. He was no guarantee to return to the Knicks anyway, given their preference to stick with the triangle offense in which Rose isn't completely comfortable. But he said he liked New York despite the team's disappointing season and was playing well down the stretch, scoring 24 points against San Antonio and 27 against Detroit in his last two games. "I thought he's played well. The explosiveness that you saw years ago, you saw that (again)," ...

Derrick Rose To Have Knee Surgery Again, Miss Rest Of Season

... last summer with yoga, those kind of things, to get his body in great shape. Feel bad for him.". It was a surprising but all too familiar ending to Rose's first season in New York. He sat out his third straight game Sunday against Boston, but the Knicks initially reported the injury was just soreness and swelling, with Hornacek saying before the game that he believed Rose could play again this season. Instead, Rose will go into free agency coming off arthroscopic surgery. "That's a quick-healing injury. It could have been worse. You can look at it that way," teammate Courtney Lee said. "But I feel for him and I am going to shoot out a lot of prayers for him and for a speedy recovery.". Rose tore his left ACL in the 2012 playoffs and missed the entire next season. He made it through just 10 games in 2013-14 before he was sidelined by a torn meniscus in his right knee and missed 20 more games the following season because of trouble with the same knee. Rose played in 66 games last season for Chicago, his most since his 2011 MVP season, and the Knicks took a chance on his health by acquiring ...