Thursday, February 23rd, 2012 at 9:30 am  |  192 responses

Derrick Rose Says He ‘Never’ Asked Bulls to Trade for Pau Gasol


Derrick Rose denied published reports that he had quietly urged the Chicago front-office to go after Pau Gasol. Per CSN: “I heard it after the game [on Monday] and that’s something that I wouldn’t say to anyone,’ said Rose. ‘It was all false and that’s something I’ll never do. I’m good with the teammates that I have. I’ve always been saying that. We’ve been winning games and we’re not in the position to look to trade anyone right now. I talked to [Boozer] a little bit, but I think he already knew that [the rumor] was false,’ continued Rose. ‘It’s something that I wouldn’t do to anyone. It was all false.’”

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  • http://slamonline.com Allenp

    Smart shot blockers don’t go after every shot. That is a myth. Getting dunked on is fine, but I’ve never seen Howard refuse to try to block shots that he should be trying to block. He doesn’t go up if he can’t get a clean block becuase if he fouls out, it’s a wrap for the team.

  • http://slamonline.com Allenp

    Ibaka is great. I think Howard and Jordan are better.

  • bull22

    @nbk why don’t you repost some of your stupid predictions from last year instead of reposting other user’s posts like some silly girl. you don’t see me posting your garbage over and over again, you really are fool.

  • http://slamonline.com. datkid

    I actually don’t think deng is better than danillo gallinari at all….. besides play defense what exactly does deng do better than gallinari?

  • bull22

    carmelo anthony only forced last years trade to denver because he wanted to copy his daddy lebron, wanted to go home to new york to play with amare stoudemire.. you remove those elements he would never go to new york, and you are a fool to believe otherwise..

  • http://Slamonline.com nbk

    Kid, Deng is smarter. Which is pretty big. He seems to fit into his teams Offensive scheme better. And he is a better mid-range shooter. Not really goin to argue if you don’t agree though, the gap between the two isn’t huge

  • http://cnbc.com JTaylor21

    Come on man, you can’t tell me that you didn’t see that game vs the Heat where I think it was Hubie Brown was pointing out that Howard had numerous chances to go up and challenge Bron/Wade’s attempts at the rim but he stood there watching. I can’t say it’s a one game thing because I’ve seen him do that on numerous occasions.
    I’m not doging him, I just don’t think he’s as great a shot-blocker/rim defender as everyone thinks.

  • Paul H

    Deng Is an all nba defender, better rebounder and better passer. In my book that makes him a better player. Easily. Theres only a point between their scoring averages as well.

  • Paul H

    @datkid

  • http://www.nba.com Red

    Yeah they don’t..good job? Wtf was reposting that comment supposed to do? LOL you did say that they can’t win without Rose & I’m saying they can’t. You look like a straight buffoon son.

  • Mr. Chill

    Mr. Chill is back to bring another cold prediction. The person that is name red, you need to chill out and go ride a donkey. Mr. Chill says that without Rose, the bulls wouldn’t even compete at all. The teams to watch out for will be the Bulls and Oklahoma. When its time to get cold, Mr. Chill dosn’t fail.

  • http://www.nba.com Red

    can*

  • bull22

    @red and if nbk goes into silence, its his GIRL mode because he can’t answer a legitimate question! hahahahahhahahahahahhahaahhahahahahhahaahhahahahahahahaha

  • bull22

    i love his numbers game like last year,me nbk being the expert here and according to lebrons james numbers
    plus mc=2 he will be nba champion against the mavericks, classic ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahhahaha

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

    When I first saw Andre Kirilenko’s giant tattoo, it strengthened my image of a badass russian with the nickname ak47.

  • http://Slamonline.com nbk

    Red Posted: Feb.23 at 3:45 pm
    Says the same guy who thinks Bulls can contend without Rose. Nbk be trying to protect his internet. Image mad hard lol bum.
    . nbk Posted: Feb.23 at 11:44 am
    lol, no, the Bulls are still a playoff team, with or without Rose. They are a contender with him. That’s the difference.

    - its pretty simple. I never said “Bulls can contend without Rose.” so I reported my comment to illustrate such to you. Then you responded with something irrelevant, so I took your own comment and showed you why I said what I said. All you need is the ability to read things in order.

  • http://Slamonline.com nbk

    Bull, idk what your talking about.

  • Paul H

    @Nbk, judging by the written quality of some of the comments here, reading logically may be asking too much.

  • http://Slamonline.com nbk

    Lol good point.

  • http://www.nba.com Red

    But my argument is they wouldn’t even make the playoffs so again you look stupid as does Paul & his wanna be American lame self.

  • http://Slamonline.com nbk

    I know what your argument is. That doesnt change what you said, and the perfectly logical response that followed from me. You have to be completely dense if you can’t see that everything I’ve said to you is 100% logical. The difference from your opinion and mine is, you think I’m somehow less intelligent because I don’t agree with you, and I think your an idiot because you lack the ability to piece information together in a logical order.

  • Paul H

    Oh stop Red you’re going to hurt my feelings. It’s actually funny that you would use “wanna be American” as an insult.

  • http://slamonline.com The Philosopher

    “I’m the equivalent of what would happen if Bush rapped”.
    -M. Bruce Mathers III

  • http://www.nba.com Red

    Logical response, logic says losing your #1 scorer & distributor & the guy who destroys opposing Ds would cause the Bulls to suck. That’s logic, what you’re saying is guessing & trying to act like whatever you say is right, when really you’re a moron. @Paul yeah.

  • bike

    All these back and forth comments make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

  • bull22

    @red derrick rose is the engine that got the bulls rising again, without his prescence rich carlyle,avery johnson and mike d antoni did not take interest in this job, therefore we can rightly assume everyone who is in place right now would not be here if it was not for rose. thats what makes you right and any reasonable bull fan right, you can’t reason with a mule bro.

  • dev0

    much respect

  • Paul H

    Didn’t the bulls go 7-3 without Rose?

  • http://www.nba.com Red

    Exactly, if they had a Beasley instead of a Rose, they wouldn’t have a superstar to build around.

  • bull22

    @paul h, i dont know how much of this conversation you saw today. yes i agree with that statement, but tibbs and all those new cats that are in uniform are all here because of rose. without him this subject today and this chat does not even exist.

  • http://slamonline.com. datkid

    @paulh deng is really a better passer? I’ll take your word for it. and gallinari’s not a terrible defender though right? @nbk I kinda thought Gallinari’s versatility on offense would make him more able to fit into almost any offensive system than deng, even though he’s getting worse at 3 point shooting. but I hear you and your honestly probably right, so i’ll concede

  • http://slamonline.com. datkid

    nbk you gotta stop asking people to think logically fam… lmao and yeah paul… they did. which is why it’s hilarious that bulls “fans” are trying to argue that they’d be the worse team on the planet without derrick rose.

  • JR smiths!!

    man you all haters! drose is dorse and d12 is D 12 !!! YAH FeeL mE~?

  • shutup

    Without Rose the Bulls are a bubble team barely .500 and have a better chance of missing the playoffs as they do of making it. and even less of a chance to get out of the first round. quite frankly I think that even if Dwight left Orlando for nothing, it might actually help that team, much like the absence of Melo helped Denver. And leadership doesnt necessarily equate ultimate success, Nash is a leader, Stockton was a leader, Dwight isnt a leader, and unless he increases his offensive output or fourth quarter proficiency he will never be a true candidate for MVP.

  • http://slamonline.com LakeShow

    “JR Smiths” with the comment of the year.

  • shutup

    and personally I think Deng is overrated I dont care what your team record is, I dont think a player whos avg under 16 ppg (actually i think 20ppg should be the cutoff) should even be considered unless he’s leading the league in assists or two out of the three defensive stats (Rebounds,Steals, Blocks) Dengs numbers this season 15.9ppg .8 bpg 1.1 stlpg 3.3 apg 6.9 trbpg do they look like all-star numbers?

  • http://cnbc.com JTaylor21

    What part of the Bulls being 7-3 without Rose in the lineup don’t some people get? Their defense, rebounding and coaching isn’t going anywhere.
    Also…Deng has become a terrible mid-range shooter. The guy is shooting 31% from mid-range (109th among 118 players).

  • Paul H

    A good comparison would be the Sacramento teams between 2000-2002. Chris Webber missed over 40 games between those two seasons yet Sacramento still won between 55 to 60 games a season. Without him they were still a collection of well organized, talented and cohesive group of ballplayers. With him: Contender.

  • shutup

    in that 7-3 span how many teams did they play that were above .500? I’m seriously asking. Defense is great but I dont understand were you think that 20ppg would come from consistently. Maybe the stat nerds will grace us with team scoring totals for the bulls sans Rose. As for the Deng Gallinari debate go look at the stats they are so close its not even worth debating, except for the fact that Gallinari is on the rise in the past 3 years while Deng’s numbers are on the decline for the same three years

  • Justin G.

    Dwight would not have had 23 and 14 in the 90′s. Too many centers better than him back then to allow that to happen. Magic may have been smiling during the games they were winning but if they were losing he definitely wasn’t. If the Lakers were getting blown out (didn’t happen often but on the occasion that it did) you can be damn sure Magic wasn’t joking around on the bench, laughing it up with his teammates. He would have been angry as hell. @nbk…Can you do me one small favour? I know it’s minor but it’s just a pet peeve of mine. When you shorten “you are” can you just make sure you use “you’re” instead of “your”? As in “YOU’RE an idiot shutup”. Thanks

  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    lol i can try and do that.

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