Bulls Ship Derrick Rose to Knicks in a Blockbuster Deal

So long Rose, all the best to you in NY. According to ESPN.com, the primary need of New York Knicks is a point guard who can lead the offense and with the acquisition of Derrick Rose, their necessity was provided.

Jackson may hope that Rose can help lure Durant, but a more likely catch would be Rose’s former teammate with the Chicago Bulls, Joakim Noah.

Rose went on to regard NY as “too fast” when comparing it to Chicago.

He admitted it was tough to leave Chicago, his hometown. The Rose trade has definitely changed the National Basketball Association landscape. “Driving in and seeing my picture on a billboard or a screen outside the building, it kind of blew me away a little bit”. “I just remember the city being too fast”.

Wednesday, the Bulls traded point guard Derrick Rose to the Knicks in exchange for center Robin Lopez, guard Jose Calderon and guard Jerian Grany. “You really have to admire how he continues to work and fight through everything that he’s been through”, Forman said.

Lopez averaged 10.3 points and 7.3 rebounds while starting every game in his only season in NY after leaving Portland for the Knicks last summer.

He’s chosen to wear the No. 25 with the Knicks, the jersey number he wore at Simeon Career Academy, his high school in Chicago.

“I don’t hold any grudges with the front office or anybody in Chicago”, he said.

“I want him. He knows that”. Chicago is more than just a home. And he started with a passionate pitch to Joakim Noah, with whom he partied Thursday night in NY.

Here’s what you liked about what Derrick Rose said in his 20-minute introduction Friday afternoon at Madison Square Garden. “I’m grateful to be here”.

Last summer, the Knicks tried to get LaMarcus Aldridge and DeAndre Jordan in free agency and were shut out; with $30 million in cap space, this is the flawless opportunity for the Knicks to land the big guy they should get for the lineup next season. The last time I had this much time to focus on basketball was the year I won MVP.

A healthy Rose makes the Knicks deadly and it gives them their own version of “Big Three” which also features Carmelo Anthony and Kristaps Porzingis.

“I was strong, I felt like my body was strong”.

Is Rose recruiting Noah to the Knicks? Noah will be a free agent, played his high school ball in NY, and was with Rose in the city Thursday. “That’s the only thing I want to do”. He has bought in to what Phil Jackson has been saying and I think that has gone a long way. “I think everyone knows that”.

“I hope so. With all of the attention and all of the congratulations I got, I hope I’ll be able to play the rest of my career here”, Rose said. I know there’s going to be a lot of pressure.