Learn the Incredible Story of the New York Knicks' Basketball Star Derrick Rose!
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In Derrick Rose: The Inspiring Story of One of Basketball’s Most Resilient Point Guards, you will learn the inspirational story of one of basketball's premier point guards, Derrick Rose. Since joining the NBA, Derrick Rose has reinvigorated the Chicago Bulls franchise, after they went through many years of rebuilding post-Jordan. Derrick Rose's story is one of great resilience and passion for the game a basketball. A quiet but influential superstar, Rose has always been one to let his game do the talking.
While Derrick Rose has suffered injuries in recent seasons, these injuries have not deterred him from returning to the game he loves so much. In this book, we'll learn about how Rose became the dominant player he is today, as well as his trials and tribulations to reach stardom. Now a member of the New York Knicks, Derrick Rose has a fresh opportunity to leave an impact in the Big Apple.
Here is a preview of what is inside this book:
- Rose's Early Life and Childhood
- High School Years of Derrick Rose
- College Years of Derrick Rose
- Derrick Rose's NBA Career
- Getting Drafted
- Rookie of the Year
- Rise to All-Star Status
- The MVP Season
- Injury-Plagued Season and the ACL Tear
- Absence: 2012-2013 Season
- Short-Lived Return: 2013-2014 Season
- The Return 2.0
- The Shell of the Former MVP, Final Year in Chicago
- The Trade to the Knicks, Forming a Super Team in New York
- Derrick Rose's Personal Life
- Rose's Legacy and Impact on the Game
An excerpt from the book:
Only an elite group of players in the history of the NBA have won the Most Valuable Player award. Winning the award means that the player has transcended the play of everyone else in the NBA during that season. It is the pinnacle of individual success and talent in the league. There have been players who have reached that peak multiple times in their careers, such as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Michael Jordan, and LeBron James. While those players may boast that they have won the achievement more than any others in league history, none of those MVPs won the award when they were as young as Derrick Rose was.
At the age of 22 in 2011, Derrick Rose was the youngest Most Valuable Player in the long history of the league. The MVP award not only means that the player has reached a transcendent level above everyone else, but it also means that the player was able to bring his team to a height of success that it would not have achieved had it not been for his spectacular performance. What this means for D-Rose is that not only he did become the best player when he won the award, but he also led his team, the Chicago Bulls, far beyond what the group would have been capable of without him.
Standing at 6’3” and weighing 190 pounds, Derrick Rose was always a big point guard. His size at the one position was not his best asset, however. The best part about D-Rose from a physical standpoint was always his athletic ability. Coming into the NBA, Rose was one of the fastest players in the whole world. But he was not recklessly fast because he was always in control of speed and quickness. Not only did he move like lightning, but he could also jump as high as anyone in the NBA could, and that helped him finish like thunder at the basket.
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