"I couldn’t believe it," Rose said of the trade that sent him, Justin Holiday and a 2017 second-round pick to the Knicks in exchange for Robin Lopez, Jose Calderon and Jerian Grant. "I was kind of hurt at first, of course, coming from my hometown and moving, period. Being away from my kids and away my family, that’s going to get to you, no matter who you are. You’re going to be emotional about it."
Rose seems excited for his change of scenery, however.
"I’m going to a great market, and to a city where they love basketball and basketball is a culture there," he told DePaula. "They just love players that play hard, and I think that I fit that personality. I’m a person that’s going to play hard and give the game ev ...
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