For Derrick Rose, the 2016-17 NBA season is a chance to start over. New city. New uniform. New teammates.
For the rest of us, his move from the Chicago Bulls to the New York Knicks is a long-overdue wake-up call—the ultimate reminder that Rose needs this clean slate.
We assume the ACL tear in his left knee during the 2012 postseason derailed an all-time career trajectory. We rationalize the 27-year-old's future and place in the league by assuring ourselves he can be a quality point guard, maybe the outline of superstar, because of what he accomplished in 2010-11, as a 22-year-old.
Three knee surgeries and countless injuries later, the "youngest MVP in NBA history" distinction Rose once wore like a crown has, in essence, become a multiyear millstone. Even with all that's changed, he is still linked to notoriety from his past—and bound to an unfair vision of his future.
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Stop Expecting Derrick Rose to Be Something He Never Was
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