Archive for the ‘Derrick Rose’ Category
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
This post isn't going to be about Derrick Rose deserving to be the NBA's Most Valuable Player. It's also not going to be about Tom Thibodeau being a legitimate candidate for the league's Coach of the Year.
But given the flow of the forthcoming words those two points should be completely, ...
Posted in Chicago Bulls, Derrick Rose, NBA | 1 Comment »
Friday, August 21st, 2009
On Thursday, we learned that Memphis' 2007-08 season never actually happened as the NCAA stripped away all of the program's 38 wins due to the fact that Derrick Rose was not eligible to play in any of those games -- including the Tigers' appearance in the national championship game. No ...
Posted in College Basketball, Derrick Rose, John Calipari, Kansas Jayhawks | 3 Comments »
Monday, August 10th, 2009
It hasn't been such a good offseason for a pair of precocious pros who Chicagoans have embraced early in their careers.
This spring, we learned that the person that took Derrick Rose's college entrance exam was not actually Derrick Rose. At the end of the day it really doesn't make a ...
Posted in Derrick Rose, Patrick Kane | 1 Comment »
Friday, June 19th, 2009
Sometimes, a good low blow is warranted. Say, when you swindle the American baseball's hopes and dreams during that special 1996 Summer. Or if you've just been a really disappointing NBA (supposed) player. Perhaps you couldn't make the grade, so now people assume you're dumb. Or then again you might ...
Posted in Babe Ruth, Brandon Jennings, Clinton Portis, Derrick Rose, Eddy Curry, General, John Riggins, Mark McGwire, Peter Vescey, Sammy Sosa | 2 Comments »
Friday, February 6th, 2009
Ever since the Suns (stupidly) went out and got Shaquille O'Neal there's been these rumblings -- sometimes subtle and sometimes not so -- that Amare Stoudemire isn't happy.
And who can blame the guy?
They were winning boat loads of games under Mike D'Antoni and Stoudemire was one of the most dynamic ...
Posted in Amare Stoudemire, Chicago Bulls, Derrick Rose, Joakim Noah, NBA, Phoenix Suns, Shaquille O'Neal | 3 Comments »
Monday, January 5th, 2009
It doesn't seem like all that long ago that the Bulls were one of those "teams on the rise." You know, the kind of team with a young, talented nucleus that was seen as taking the necessary steps toward building a serious contender.
That was, in fact, just two short years ...
Posted in Ben Gordon, Chicago Bulls, Derrick Rose, NBA | 1 Comment »
Monday, December 8th, 2008
In this day and age, we don't bat an eye when an athlete gets knifed.
Unless that athlete knifes himself. In bed. After carving an apple.
Bulls rookie star Derrick Rose was the victim of this peculiar attack, rolling onto a knife that he left in his bed after carving an apple. ...
Posted in Chicago Bulls, Derrick Rose, Freak Accidents, NBA | No Comments »
Friday, July 11th, 2008
For the record, I put exactly zero stock in what happens during summer league basketball. Totally meaningless stuff. But when the No. 1 overall pick has to sit out with tendinitis or something and Michael Beasley is dominating people, I get a little worried.I mean, please let this kid not ...
Posted in Chicago Bulls, Derrick Rose, NBA | 4 Comments »
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Every time I try to get away from the Chicago Bulls, they find a way to bring me back. I just can't quit them. But never in a million years did I expect today to be the day that would revitalize my excitement for the Red Oxen.Against all odds -- ...
Posted in Chicago Bulls, Derrick Rose, Michael Beasley, NBA Draft | 2 Comments »
Monday, April 7th, 2008
We all know the art of picking a sound NCAA Tournament bracket is beyond the reach of most. Hell, it's not even an art. A baboon could randomly select a better bracket than most of us who consider ourselves knowledgeable could.But when it comes to picking which team will win ...
Posted in Derrick Rose, Kansas Jayhawks, Memphis Tigers | 7 Comments »
