Derrick Rose signed by NY Knicks
Knicks fans have been eager for the 2016 season to begin since the June 2016 trade that brought All-Star point guard Derrick Rose, the youngest MVP winner in NBA history, to the franchise. The team also signed free agents Brandon Jennings and Joakim Noah. The newcomers are expected to join Carmelo Anthony and Kristaps Porzingis en route to another noteworthy era in the Knicks’ storied history.
Raised by a single mother in a tough section of Chicago, Illinois, Derrick Rose was born on October 4, 1988. The nation’s No. 1 high school point guard, Rose played for the University of Memphis before declaring for the 2008 NBA Draft after his freshman year.
In Rose’s first NBA season (2008-09), he averaged 16.8 points and 6.3 assists per game, earning Rookie of the Year honors and leading the Bulls back to the playoffs.
Over the next three seasons, the point guard molded himself into one of the game’s better all-around players. Following a stellar 2010-11 season that saw Rose average 25 points per game, the NBA named Rose its league MVP, making him the youngest player (at 22 years, 191 days old) to receive the honor.
In the strike-shortened 2011-12 season, Rose led the Bulls to the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference. But in the first game of the post-season, Rose went down with a serious knee injury that forced him to miss the remainder of the playoffs as well as all of the 2012-13 season.
Personal Life, Rose, who lives in Chicago year-round, became a father for the first time on October 9, 2012, when his longtime girlfriend, Mieka Reese, gave birth to a son, Derrick Rose Jr.
Awards: NBA Most Valuable Player Award,NBA Rookie of the Year Award, All-NBA Team, NBA All-Rookie Team.
