Thursday, March 10th, 2011 at 10:00 am  |  229 responses

Michael Jordan: Derrick Rose is the MVP


by Marcel Mutoni / @marcel_mutoni

Given his individual dominance as a basketball player, and the Chicago Bulls‘ strong play this season, Derrick Rose‘s MVP candidacy was already carrying a strong case.

To the delight of Rose and Chicago Bulls fans everywhere, the stud point guard now also has the public support of the game’s greatest player.

Michael Jordan thinks Rose is the League MVP this year, but warns (from personal experience) that the award is by no means a guarantee.

The Chicago Tribune has the quotes:

“MVP of the season,” the Bobcats owner said Wednesday night after the Bulls downed his team 101-84. “He deserves it. He’s playing that well, without a doubt.” Then Jordan offered that sly smile. “And if he doesn’t get it, now he will see how I felt a lot of those years,” the Bulls’ Hall of Famer said.

“I wish man,” Rose said. “It’s great that he said that. It’s an honor. I’m speechless. But I’m just trying to keep winning. The award will come if we keep winning. I’m just trying to play hard and aggressive and with an edge.” Rose said he hopes to pick Jordan’s brains about winning in the future. “You always know when he’s in the building,” Rose said. “His presence is probably the craziest of all the NBA players who have played this game.”

Of course, MJ doesn’t have an official say in the matter. But it would be foolish to think that his opinion won’t matter when the media casts their votes at season’s end.

Not bad for a Chi-Town kid to get such a ringing endorsement from the city’s greatest sports hero.

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  • mars

    Cleveland went to the finals. Got swept, or won 1 game, but they went. Victim of the Spurs Dynasty.

  • Scott

    Mars, so does Kobe make Cleveland contenders or LeBron make Minnesota contenders?

  • http://slamonline.com Allenp

    Mars
    You do realize you said “everything is up for debate” right after you said “if you disagree that just shows your ignorance” right?
    You do see the problem with holding those two ideas in your head at the same time right?
    Don’t ya?

  • HAMMER

    Oh snap! NWO! That took me back 2 high school. Shout out 2 Sting. Where is he by the way?

  • http://slamonline.com Allenp

    So you believe the Cavs team that lost to the Spurs were legit contenders?
    Honestly?
    That’s actually a bit troubling. Scary even.

  • http://google c_cantrell

    dwight nor dirk deserve the mvp this season, dirk didnt deserve the one he got.. rose deserves it thus far, but yal cant try to pretend that lbj is not in the race

  • http://www.facebook.com/joe.l.brewer3 BlackPhantom

    The nerve?????? Hell no

  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    or sad, maybe he’s from Cleveland. You have to be delusional living in a place like that as a sports fan

  • http://thephotoriot.com davidR

    i miss the days when eboy would go back and forth with that jbn dude. bodie was his name i think

  • http://nobulljive.com/ Enigmatic

    @HAMMER – dude’s wresteling for TNA last I heard.
    I stopped watching wrestling after high school.
    I always knew it was fake, that never bothered me cause they had good storylines and they still put their necks on the line.
    But the storylines and wrestlers got wacker and wacker….

  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    Dirk deserves the MVP over LeBron. Dwight, Dirk, Rose are the only 3 guys that can/should legitimately win the award. ANd if your unsure about Dirk and Dwight, just look at how their teams play without them. Epitome of valuable

  • http://nobulljive.com/ Enigmatic

    C’mon, C! LBJ can’t be in the race if his team can’t beat the elite!

  • that dude

    @Jahmai oh you mean like Kwame Brown?

  • http://www.facebook.com/joe.l.brewer3 BlackPhantom

    Please never mistake me for him EVER again

  • HAMMER

    STILL wrestling!? Damn! How old is he? 50? Haha! Wow. Only time I watch it now is w/my 2 boys. They luv it. I don’t blame them. I use 2 luv it 2. Especially south of the border wrestling back n the day. Crazy acrobatics! But yeah, once u know its fake, it ain’t the same

  • http://SLAMONLINE.COM mars

    Wow…DRose is top 5 in 2 years…hahaha AND I sound crazy?

  • http://www.facebook.com/joe.l.brewer3 BlackPhantom

    I mean top 5 in MVP voting. Not overall players in the NBA

  • http://www.facebook.com/joe.l.brewer3 BlackPhantom

    *meant

  • Michael

    wow yall catching feelings in here.

  • HAMMER

    I remember this 1 time when hulk hogan ended up n the hospital. And I was a yung un back then. And I fu*kin believed that crap. I was like “Can’t believe hulks gonna die!” And when he didn’t I was fu*kin relieved 2 hear that. And my dad didn’t say anything. He knew it was fake. He coulda told me. Haha! Funny sh*t

  • http://SLAMONLINE.COM mars

    If DRose went to Cleveland, he’s Monta Ellis. If Kobe went to Minnesota, Golden State, or Clippers they’d win the West. If LeBron went to Washington or Philly or New Jersey, all similar to Cleveland, they’d win the East. DRose is Chris Paul before the knee injury. And Rondo is better than DRose. Sorry fan. Good Fun. This is the hottest topic of the month fo SLAM. Your welcome. Peace. All in GOOD FUN AND DEBATE. no hard feelings ya’ll.

  • http://www.facebook.com/joe.l.brewer3 BlackPhantom

    Rondo isn’t better than D.Rose, he still finds a way to air-ball shots from the top of the key

  • http://thephotoriot.com davidR

    hammer & enigmatic, wrestling was the isht back then. especially wwf during the attitude days, when stone cold, undertaker, mankind, and the rock were at their peak

  • http://thephotoriot.com davidR

    and i dunno if you guys watched ecw around ’99 or 2000, but those guys had the best matches. no surprise that a lot of their alumni went on to become some of the biggest names ever
    stone cold
    mankind
    chris benoit
    rvd
    rey mysterio
    chris jericho…

  • http://slamonline.com Allenp

    quietly places Mars on his ever growing list. good gracious.

  • izzo

    Can I be on the list too?

  • http://www.facebook.com/joe.l.brewer3 BlackPhantom

    What list is this Allen?

  • http://slamonline.com Allenp

    Nah Izzo you can’t be on the list. I like your comments even when we disagree like we often do. You actually try to think.
    That should answer your question Black Phantom.

  • http://www.facebook.com/joe.l.brewer3 BlackPhantom

    Oh ok I got you

  • the Dude

    @JT21

    “The media” are a bunch of people that must write what other people say or do. That is all.
    Words on paper for people to discuss.

    MJ may be right and he may be wrong, but any writer would be clueless to leave his quote out of a story.

    Ineresting, topical, timely, celebrity/expert in the field he (MJ) is discussing, etc…

  • http://nobulljive.com/ Enigmatic

    Word! ECW was dope as hell!
    Taz and Sabu were my favorites. And the crowd were crazy too.
    Anytime someone did anything stupid or dangerous as hell they’d start with their chants.
    “He’s hardcore! He’s hardcore!”

  • HAMMER

    @davidr. I had a response 4 u but it dissapeared. Basically saying that as a kid I watched wrestling late 80′s, early 90′s. By 2000 I was done watching it

  • http://sdfklf.com Jukai

    Hey guys, what’s going on in this— oh lord….

  • http://nobulljive.com/ Enigmatic

    Jukai’s gonna start going on about how wrestling sucks and it’s all about MMA, I bet…

  • http://sdfklf.com Jukai

    Enigmatic: Wrestling is fine, I got no qualms… but you know I think MMA has it all. It even has Lesnar now!

  • Michael

    MMA is the sh*t no doubt

  • JTaylor21

    Boxing is better than wrestling and MMA.
    Yeah I said it.

  • Scott

    Boxing is a dying sport.

  • http://sdfklf.com Jukai

    JTaylor21: I used to like boxing, but I’ve lost interest. Too many weight divisions, too many organizations, too many fighters not fighting each other.
    Plus I’ve grown accustomed to the shorter rounds of the UFC, makes for fighters to go at each other a bit more viciously right off the bat.
    I still love a great boxing match though. It’s much more technical.

  • http://nobulljive.com/ Enigmatic

    Too much hugging in boxing.

  • http://Slamonline.com LakeShow

    K-1 Kickboxing is where its at.
    Shout out to Allister Overeem. Friggin beast

  • Ronald

    My god, Bryan Crawford thinks so highly of himself that I’m surprised no one had caught him sucking himself off.

  • http://sdfklf.com Jukai

    LakeShow: I’m a fan. Overeem is sort of a “I’m gonna obliterate you or lose in dramatic fashion” type guy, so he’s always exciting, both K1 and Strikeforce.

  • Michael

    Yo JT i think you meant to say “i like boxing more then wrestling and MMA”. You can’t prove boxing is actually better just like I cant prove MMA is better. Its a matter of opinion homie.

  • http://nobulljive.com/ Enigmatic

    Overeem must’ve gotten really good since his Pride days when all the Brazilian cats used to beat him down on the regular, then.

  • http://www.slamonline.com Pardeep

    Called it at the start of the year, Rose will be MVP.

  • JTaylor21

    Good one Enigmatic, like fighters in MMA don’t hug each other. Jukai, fair points but I much rather watch a great boxing bout any day over a great MMA fight but that’s just me.

  • http://thetroyblog.com Teddy-the-Bear

    Why is it such a thrill to watch people beating each other up?

  • http://thetroyblog.com Teddy-the-Bear

    I prefer boxing, though. It’s got a lot of history to it. However, the mob/fighters throwing fights/gambling kind of ruins a lot of it.

  • http://nobulljive.com/ Enigmatic

    JT – I mean, in MMA yeah, dudes end up on the ground and all, but they’re jockeying for position, trying to get a submission.
    In boxing it’s like “I’m tired. I’ma hug dude to catch my breath.”

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