I’m a big happy ending guy… who isn’t? Well, the reality is that not every story has a happy ending. This is the story of Derrick Rose and the Chicago Bulls.
It started off like it was destiny. The Bulls had no chance to get that #1 pick, but they did… beating all odds, they did. It came down to Michael Beasley and a kid from Chicago as the unanimous 2 best players in that year’s draft. The Bulls selected Derrick Rose and the hometown boy would play for his hometown team. It started off unbelievably.
He earned rookie of the year playing under Vinny Del Negro, led the Bulls to the playoffs, and eventually the Eastern Conference Finals under new coach Tom Thibodeau; that was the same year he earned the MVP award. After paying our dues to Miami that year, the Bulls were primed to take the next step. Finishing with the best record in the league for the second straight year, the Bulls were ready to bring home #7. Then this story took a twisted turn.
Game 1 against the Sixers… I’ll never forget it. Looking awesome, blowing them out, and then it happened. It’s one of the worst moments in Chicago sports history. It looked bad and it was. It would not only alter Rose’s future, it would alter the future of the Bulls franchise. How can you blame somebody for getting injured?
And then getting hurt again, and again. Putting the time in to recover and come back, yet… Rose was never the same player. Meanwhile, the Bulls never did take that next step. 2014 was the final straw. When we couldn’t get past LeBron again, this time in Cleveland, even after a Rose game winner in Game 1, management had enough. They made the decision to fire Thibs; one of the worst decisions in Chicago sports history. The team would never be the same. The team would never reach the potential that it should have. The main reason for this was Derrick Rose.
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Yes, it was Rose’s injuries, those injuries to the face of the franchise, that squashed all the Bulls hopes for another NBA title. I felt bad for Derrick. I supported him through it all… kind of like Thibs, until lately… he did help this swaying. Derrick would start to speak openly about certain things. Nothing wrong with being honest, right? Well, there are some things you just don’t say. We know the big ones: PJ’s graduation and looking forward to his contract year in 2017. Is it wrong that he was focused on that? Where was the team first attitude? Was his heart still in the game? Was he willing to lay it all out on the court to get us to that next level?
It was wrong that he publicly said those things, especially considering his history… our history. It was HIS injuries that ruined all of this. Yes injuries happen, but it was HIS injuries that led us down this path. The path of paying all this money for nothing on the court. The path of losing playoff series after playoff series with a really good Bulls team because he wasn’t 100%. The path that eventually led him out of town.
Realistically, this had to happen; I’m OK with it, but it doesn’t mean it’s not a sad day. It’s sad because of what could have been. It’s sad because we should have had that story of hometown boy bringing his hometown team a title. It’s sad because we know Derrick will never be the same; we know that it’s Handle With Care from here on out. We know that we would NOT have given him a max deal after this year was up. We just couldn’t commit to that again. We had to take a different road. It was time to move on…
And we did… today, the Bulls traded Derrick Rose to the New York Knicks. I have many thoughts and feelings flowing through me right now, but the overall feeling is sadness. It’s finally over, and although there are feelings of relief and happiness too, looking back at the entire Rose Bulls marriage, it’s just too bad this didn’t work out as it should have. I hate it, but the destiny here ended up just being a sad ending…
bullwinkle
buh bye……..
you are correct grasshopper, the injuries were/are one thing, but the attitude and the things he said while sitting out, not even showing up at the games, those all added to his departure. i’m not really sad to any degree. i think that if they had had the balls to do this earlier, we maybe could have actually gotten something for him. we’ll, again, have to wait and see………
MK
See ya rose. Thanks for the good-bye dig at Chicago at your press conference. Yeah, we didnt stick behind and appreciate you??? Please. A hometown kid playing for the Bulls…rookie of the year, MVP, best record in the league…you had all of us hook, line, and sinker. Then it happened…not once, twice, but three times. We were devastated and felt horrible for you. We still had your back, but then you changed, not us. That humble kid started opening his mouth about things that made us shake our heads, and sitting out of games, let alone playoffs games, when you could have been in there helping the real warriors…mind boggling. You got paid millions and millions of dollars while hurt. Yes, those are the breaks, but dont question our loyalty when it was yours that wavered. This was a necessary move for the Bulls because there is no way you were getting signed to another max deal. You will never be the mvp again. You will never be the guy again. You will never be yourself again, and you most certainly will never be the hometown kid from Chicago that led your team to a title. You failed…try to stay healthy, keep your mouth shut, and good luck with that shit pile in ny cause you will need it. Enjoy your new cheerleader, spike lee!