Derrick Rose

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

... 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 ...

Knicks' Rose Out For Season With Torn Meniscus

... Rose and his agent, B. J. Armstrong , have both said publicly that Rose, who becomes a free agent this coming offseason, would like to return to New York. The Knicks were upset with Rose over his decision 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 ...

Rose Out For Season With Left Knee Injury

... is obviously a great player, a great friend. Now that we’re out of the playoffs, it’s tough to see a guy that’s worked so hard all year like him get that injury. And I kind of know he’s low in spirit, but we’ll 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 ...

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

... 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 ...

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

... 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 week, Rose said after a loss to the Jazz that he would be open to playing in any offense, including the triangle. No Bull! Pippen blames Phil Jackson for Knicks awful season. And while he is not the MVP-caliber player of years past, he’s certainly shown he can still be effective, averaging 18 points and 4.4 assists per game. “I’m very proud with how my body held up and how I’ve competed this year,” Rose said. “Those were my two main goals that I wanted to achieve while I was here, which was going out here and compete every single night, no matter who is on the floor and feeling healthy and feeling like myself. Whenever I stepped on the floor I think I did a great job, I think I reached those two goals every single game.”. GARDEN PARTY. There isn’t very much to celebrate with the current Knicks, so they brought out the 1984 team at Madison Square Garden Wednesday night. Hubie Brown, Bernard King, Bill Cartwright, Rory Sparrow and ...

Knicks Beat Heat With Defense They Lacked This Season

... the win with two free throws with 2.6 seconds remaining. advertisement | advertise on newsday. Porzingis led the Knicks (29-47) with 22 points and Lee added 20. Ron Baker had 10 points and six assists. Dragic scored 22 points and Whiteside had 17 points and 16 rebounds for the Heat, which shot 4-for-18 in the fourth quarter. The Knicks held Miami to 19 fourth-quarter points. “We got a full effort, helping each other out, really getting after it, not many easy shots,” Hornacek said. “Every guy on the court played defense.”. Too much blame has been put on the triangle offense for the Knicks’ underachieving season. Confusion reigned on both sides of the court, but 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 ...

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

... sure Toews didn’t mean losing the five-on-five Corsi battle in every period. One good sign: At five-on-five, the Hawks held a 12-2 advantage in high-danger scoring chances. The Lightning goaltending was better than the Hawks shooters, but there have been long 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 ...

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

... explosiveness distinguishes his game, especially the way he soars to the basket and finishes in traffic. He only recently regained that quickness and mental confidence in his knees. Then he sat out three straight games because of a sore left knee — an injury the Knicks tried to push as minor for days — and Phil Jackson’s disastrous offseason somehow got worse. “Oh, man I feel for him a lot. Just knowing the situation that I think it was the game after that he got hurt that we (were mathematically eliminated from the playoffs),” Courtney Lee said. “And getting that news that we wasn’t gonna 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 ...

Rose On Impending Free Agency

... 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 ...