About Derrick Rose
American professional basketball player Derrick Martell Rose was born on October 4, 1988, and his estimated net worth is $90 million. In Chicago, Illinois, Derrick Rose was born and raised on the southside. At Simeon Career Academy, where he played high school basketball, he won all the coveted high school basketball accolades, including being crowned Mr. Basketball of Illinois and a Mcdonald’s All-American.
Brief College Career of Derrick Rose
Rose became one of the most sought-after recruits in the nation during his final year of high school, but he chose to accept the opportunity to play for John Calipari at the University of Memphis. In his first season, Rose wasted no time in taking the Tigers to the 2008 NCAA Championship Game, where Memphis was defeated by the Kansas Jayhawks.
Derrick Rose, the NBA’s top rookie,
Rose declared for the NBA draft a few weeks after March Madness ended, and the Chicago Bulls selected him. Rose averaged 16 points, 6 assists, and 3 rebounds while leading the Bulls to the playoffs in his rookie season. He won the NBA Rookie of the Year award thanks to such statistics.
Millennial NBA MVP
Two years later, Rose would become the youngest player to ever win the Regular Season MVP award. Rose averaged 25 points, 7 assists, and 4 rebounds per game in the 2010–2011 season.
Rose rips his ACL
Rose led Chicago to the Eastern Conference Finals in the 2011 postseason, where they were defeated by Miami in 5 games. Rose’s following season was tragically cut short when he tore his ACL; the recuperation period was expected to take him 8 to 12 months.
One of the league’s most physically fit point guards, Rose excels at driving to the basket, drawing defenders, and identifying open players.
