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Early Life
Derrick rose was born October 4,1988. His mother is Brenda Rose. He has three brothers Dwayne, Reggie, and Allan.Rose was a very talented basketball player at a young age. -
High School
By the time Rose enrolled in Simeon Career Academy college coaches were already looking at him. Depsite his reputation, he played freashman and JV basketball for the Wolverines.He wore number 25 in honor of Ben Wilson( a kid who played varsity who was murdred by a gang member during his senior year. Rose led the freshmans and sophomores to city championships with a record of 24-1. -
College
Rose accepted a scholarship to the University of Memphis tigers under John Calipari, after seeing him play a AAU game. Strong efforts were by Indiana Unversity and University of Illinois to sign Rose to their programs. Rose chose Memphis because of the school's history of putting people in the NBA. Rose chose number #23 due to the fact that #25 was retired by the school in honor of Penny Hardaway. -
His rookie season
Rose was selected first ovarall pick in the draft by the Chicago Bulls. Rose was selected to scrimmage for the U.S Olympic team. In mid-july, he played two games in the summer league, then he hurt his knee while driving to the lane. -
Best
Rose was named the decade's third greatest high school point guard by ESPN RISE magazine behind Chris Paul and T.J. Ford. -
Playoffs
Derrick Rose recorded 36 points, tying Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's NBA record for points scored by a rookie in his playoff debut set 1970, 11 assists, and 4 rebounds as the Bulls prevailed in a 105–103 overtime win on the road. -
Professional
Derrick Rose was drafted number 1 the the Chicago bulls, his hometown, an unlikely event considering that Chicago had only a 1.7% chance of capturing the top pick in the draft lottery held that past May. -
Fiba world championship
Invited and agreed to play for the United States men's national basketball team in the 2010 FIBA World Championship.
