Derrick Rose Distances Himself from Brother’s Criticism of the Bulls

The only mistake they made was waiting all summer in 2011 and signing Rip Hamilton instead of trying to get a guy like Jamal Crawford or JR Smith early in the free agency period. Just a guy who can handle the ball and create offense.

That’s 1 superstar and two players who have underachieved in the postseason. Doesn’t mean all that much. Brad Miller made the All-Star team too in his career.

Have you not been paying attention to his progress? His legs are strong. All that’s left is he has to get over the mental hurdle and get to the point where he can dunk on the run again. He’s eating a lot better than he used to. It’s well-documented. Him at 90% is still more explosive than every other PG not named Russell Westbrook.

what a stupid comment. Like LeBron shut D-Rose down by himself. SMH. People overexaggerate LBJs defense to ridiculous levels. Rose can score on LBJ, like he can against anyone. But When he’s being guarded by LBJ, Haslem, Chalmers and sometimes Wade AT THE SAME TIME, it becomes difficult. ANY player would struggle in those situations, LBJ would know from his time with the Cavs. Typical ignorant Heat comment.

He is right and D. Rose needs help. Bron traded himself to a team to get help.

HOW WOULD THEY HAVE TANKED??? that doesn’t make any sense? just trade away Boozer, Noah and Deng? I don’t understand…

-They couldn’t keep Asik. They honestly just couldn’t. They would be devoting 15 million in 2014 to a backup center??? seriously??
-I can’t believe I’m hearing someone defend Bogans this much. What does he play 15 mins a game? Who cares?? He is soooo expendable. He was trash for the Bulls, only able to make wide open shots. and he shot like 40% from the field.
-they replaced Bogans with Rip, a good move but obviously Rip has been injured. He’s been playing decent so far this year though. Rip can actually create his own shot, unlike Bogans

I understand what Reggie’s saying but at the same time were so right against the cap that we couldn’t have paid an elite player and to trade away valuable pieces for a rental at the trade deadline is not smart business. The bulls are thinking long term not short term which is the right way. After next year when Dengs contract is up and boozers is about to expire we also get nikola mirotic from over seas. Rose will be 25 still in his prime and well have enough cap room to go after another superstar. The bulls have a plan don’t think their being cheap or stupid they’re not lookin to win one championship now, their looking to have another dynasty just be patient.

I remember Rose as a rookie getting teased for passing out of and 1 plays instead of going for the shot to take advantage of the foul. Lol From day one he has had the instincts of a true PG. They say if you build it, they will come. Well, if you put them ( right players) there he will pass, Lord willing they will make the shots.

As a long time fan and supporter of the bulls, I am a little disheartened by Reggies statements because I dont think for a minute he came up with this all by himself. Meaning, at some point it was spoken of, most likely with Derrick. Further “distancing” from these statements will be needed by Derrick to convince me that Derrick isn’t the prima donna he is coming across as in the last few weeks. As a long time season ticket holder, I dont appreciate “wanna bes” like Reggie (taking a page from Sir Charles Barkleys rant last night on Reggie) claiming they are able to control the face of the franchise bc they aren’t happy. Yes, the game has evolved to loading up with powerhouses on each time. But that fact remains, MJ never needed a group of all stars to win his championships (our team has plenty of solid depth now). I used to think Derrick didn’t either….now I’m not so sure.

he is a great nba player but no mvp calliber. he isnt even the best player on his position and come on, that team is well coached, has a great team defense and playes above average without him. their record would obviously be even closer to their last years if they didnt give asik and brewer away. kudos to any players fam who helped their kids growing up the right way but this doesnt mean they understand sh*t about the game. without rose being the next nbas and medias darling there wouldnt have been that mvp award. there were guys more valuable to their teams. once again: rose is a great guy and player, its not his fault that he is being hyped

thats more about the decisive moments of the conference finals back then. rose went one on one without james… and didnt look too good doing so

What did they do in the playoffs last season without him? Teams show who they really are in the playoffs. They weren’t much with him out. He won the award because he averaged 25 and 8 on the best regular season team in the league when they were picked to finish 4th in the East. They beat all of the other great teams with Rose leading the way. Swept Miami. Many 4th quarter comebacks led by him. So you have to be the best at your position to be the MVP? You sound ridiculous. If that were the case, Durant would be out of the discussion this year because he’s not the best small forward. And the MVP choices each year would only include the best players at their position. Rose dominated almost every PG matchup he had in his MVP season. Where were you when all of this was happening? The Bulls defense is well coached, but their offense is centered around ball movement and D-Rose doing what he does. You say that like Rose is nowhere near being the best PG in the league lol. At worst, he’s 2nd best. CP3 is the best, but Rose is the most dominant. Stronger than Deron Williams, faster than CP3, more under control than Westbrook, much better scorer than Rondo. He deserved the award. You can’t prove that he didn’t. LeBron deserved it because he’s the best player, right? It doesn’t work that way. If you paid attention to the league and how these things work, you’d know. He isn’t being hyped. In fact, many people thought Beasley should have been chosen with that 1st pick, not Rose. 36 points in Boston in his first playoff game. There’s no hype there. He’s put in work. Earned everything he’s gotten. The main reason people are interested in him is because he’s a top 10 player. There are a lot of nice guys in the league who can’t play. So that’s not the reason the media loves him. It’s because he’s a great player.

sorry but your pg comparisons stink. bball iq nowhere near chris paul. that guy is untouchable since his second or third year in the nba. healthy the best pg in the nba by far as he finally proves to anybody this yr.

all true what u said tho in these comparisons but u can also make a point how much better others are in different aspects of their game. westbrooks d is better and hes more durable. rondo n dwilliams got way better court vision. rondos defense is also much better.

which nba team except miami would go anywhere in the post season without their main offensive guy? especially when he is running the point? come on! you think these bulls wouldve been any worse if you exchanged rose with westbrook, parker, d williams, back then nash, now irving/curry, leave alone by far the best pg in the L= cp3? hell no! that team would be still great and a 60 wins per year squad, deep playoff run included. that was more a mix of thibs coach of the year award that season and some kind of collective dpoy award for the whole bulls team.

i know that the best player doesnt necessarily win the award. but giving it to him that year wasnt ok. that bulls team is a contender with a healthy rose back on court. they
wouldve even been a legit contender 2 years ago if rose wouldve been
capable of better decision making. against the heat he showed what he
was really made of: incredibly talented hard working player with just a
lack of maturity. that aint his fault, he was a kid back then. cant ask
that from a 23 year old. thats all ok. but to me just not worthy of an
mvp. i had bron, howard and durant over him in the tighter circle of mvp
worthy players. rose wasnt even the best on his position. you dont need
to be the best player to get the mvp but in my opinion you should at
least be the best one on your position the year you win that award.

and last thing to say to get back to topic: even rose himself distances himself from his bros statement. so what is that discussion about?

Jus give up now hoss. Bulls fans are even dumber than you laker fans

He did what his coach asked him to do. Deng, Boozer and the rest of the team relied on Rose. He didn’t take it upon himself to just shoot or play “hero ball” as you call it. That’s not in his nature. You should do some research on him and how he played in high school and college. You obviously have something against him. Maybe because he destroys the Knicks whenever he plays them. Or maybe because the Knicks best player is the very definition of hero ball.

Wasn’t okay to give him the award when he earned it? How stupid would it have looked to not give it to a guy who averaged 25 and 8 on a 62 win team that no one thought would win that many games? Rose’s decision making isn’t the problem. Not having teammates who can create for themselves and others is the problem. His decisions come from what Thibs wants him to do. Howard’s Magic had a worse record than the Bulls. LeBron and Wade didn’t know how to play together at the beginning of the season, couldn’t close games in the 4th quarter all season and Rose’s Bulls beat them all 3 times they played. The Thunder had a worse record than the Bulls. You make no sense. Get over whatever it is you have against Rose. He deserved the award. Period. You’re out of your mind if you think that Rose didn’t play the biggest part in that regular season. Either you’re out of your mind or you didn’t watch them play. Maybe you just watch Knicks games. Would explain a lot.

Excuse my mad late reply, I had a loss in the family.

But it makes no sense, Antawn was never an All-Star when Mo was as well so it’s not exactly like this year where we have 2 guys averaging almost double doubles. We’ve had in the past guys averaging or almost averaging double doubles & the best bench in the league. Our role player’s stats compared to those of the Cavs of old win out.

It’s just post Big 3 Era you need a 2nd star.

this is what d rose looked like when bron wasn’t guarding him..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqPn_LUcpwE

looks fine to me!

Again, Lebron himself said that Rose was one of the greatest players this game has ever seen, why you refute what great ballers who know the game better than me and you is beyond comprehensible

Can you rely on Noah or Boozer to score consistently in the playoffs when Rose needs help? That’s the main question. LeBron couldn’t rely on Mo Williams and Antawn Jamison. Derrick has no one who he knows will show up in tough situations and help him score. I’m not even sure he needs a 2nd star really. He needs a guy who can just handle the ball and make plays. With the way the Bulls play defense, they don’t need to score a lot. Just more than they do now especially against the Heat. The only team that can really score a lot of points on them is Miami because they have the Big 3. Derrick also needs Boozer to do what he’s been doing this regular season. What he was signed to do two years ago.
Sorry for your loss.

man, even russel westbrook had a better per rating and assist ratio than rose that year. http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/hollinger/statistics/_/year/2011 as i said, lebron, howard and durant all wouldve deserved that over rose. take rose off the bulls n they might not be a contender anymore. but take howard of the magic and they wouldve been a lottery team if we take impact on their respective teams record over individual performance.

the bulls had an outstanding record in the weak east but the magic’s, heat’s and thunder’s record were good enough to hand mvp honours to their players.

keep my team out of here man, no punches below the belt plz and i watch enough other games to know what im talking about.
no need to get mad anyway as i never said rose was a bad player. he was just not the mvp by that time compared to some other guys, at least the 3 i mentioned.

i absolutely have nothing against him man! no matter what play the coach calls, no matter what the strategy: if you launch off balance and got at least two defendes on you while your teammate is wide open right next to you, then you have to pass instead of taking challenged shots. i also never said rose was an ego-shooter, that would be nonsense. but this decision making was quite poor when it mattered the most that year. this was absolutely ok as rose was still very young and which is normally one of the reasons why very young guys dont get mvp awards. he was handed that award slightly b4 his time and i hope that he gets back on track after that devastating injury.
wtf you got with my team? everybody knows that the knicks went back to suck a*s big time, what does that have to do with rose? uhm… “whenever”? sure the bulls are a better squad than the knicks but i remember two hero-ball threes by anthony in the garden which didnt make it a season sweep last year – which also makes the bulls record against the knicks during the last two years better without him than with him in the lineup. nothing to be proud of as a knick fanatic tho lol

That comment was to Redd, not you. You just made my point. I said that Rose couldn’t count on those guys just like LeBron couldn’t count on his guys. Which is why I said Rose’s Bulls remind me of LeBron’s Cavs.

come on, we all know that there is often more than just performance when it comes to handing out awards and media needs are concerned, too

But see thing being that Boozer is that 1 piece who is solely supposedly an offensively player but when the big games arrive he’s gone. He’s not reliable. We need an offensive star, he doesn’t have to be a star in totality(i.e. Jamal Crawford) but that’s what we need & don’t have yet.

Deng & Noah handle the D & do it well. Personally I do & have for a while felt Jimmy Butler is the guy the Bulls need to help with offense. As far as D goes, we’re more good yet more worse than we were last year. The emergence of Jimmy has been a plus but Marco, Rip, Nate are not able to be counted on on D consistently.

Thanks man, means a lot, appreciate it.

You’ve found every kind of way to make it seem like he didn’t deserve the award. None of them make any sense. At all. Age has nothing to do with it. More than anything, the man averaged 25 and 8 on a 62 win team. No one else deserved the award more than he did. You have yet to make a case for any other player.