Derrick Rose

Recent Q & A

Question:

What was it like being part of the Team USA camp in Vegas?

Answer:

It was great. It was an honor to be invited, and I hope I made a good impression. Just to be there and play with so many great players was a good learning experience and a lot of fun for me. I can't wait for future opportunities with Team USA!

Question:

Are you there all the time and on all the 4 days of the camp?

Answer:

Yes! I'll be there throughout the camp meeting everyone and teaching all the campers.

Question:

What are you most looking forward to about all-star weekend?

Answer:

Just being with the fans. Being with my family. And just having fun, that's what the whole experience is about. Just having fun down there and learning some leadership skills while I'm down there with those great players.

Question:

How does it feel to be an all-star?

Answer:

I really can't describe it right now. It really hasn't hit me. Hopefully, when I get down to Dallas that's when it will really hit me, I know. I really didn't know there wasn't an All-Star for the Bulls since Mike in '98 or something like that, so just thinking about that it's amazing.

Question:

at the moment, are you a bigger Memphis fan or Kentucky fan?

Answer:

Memphis. I'll always be a Memphis fan. But my coach [John Calipari] is in Kentucky, so I'm their fan too, but I'm definitely a Memphis fan.

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Tue, Dec 2nd 2008, 10:04

Rose's star rises, but Bulls rookie stays grounded

The NBA league office released the news that Derrick Rose won the Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month award after the Bulls finished practice Monday at the Berto Center.

That’s just as well, considering it would’ve merely brought another shrug of indifference, another nervous laugh and another team-first comment from Rose, the 20-year-old who’s going on 35.

This maturity and humility is no act by Rose. He’s genuinely only concerned about how to neutralize 76ers point guard Andre Miller on Tuesday, not sideshow topics like Miller seeking revenge for Rose’s dominance on Sunday.

Want proof? You’ve probably watched multiple times highlights of Rose’s victimization of Miller with a spectacular block and again on a crossover dribble. If not for a team film session held early Monday, Rose wouldn’t have seen either highlight at all.

“I don’t even watch ‘SportsCenter’ or none of that stuff,” Rose said. “I stopped watching that ever since (Memphis) played Tennessee in college because you can’t believe that hype.”

Rose was just warming up.

“I just did a simple move and he fell,” Rose said. “I’ve done that before. It’s just that’s the first time it happened in a game. I just thought it was a regular play. It just naturally happened. I just wanted to score and I put myself in a situation that I could get to the basket.

“That’s how I’ve been playing my whole life. I just try to win. For those plays to happen, it just takes a will. I just wanted those plays to happen.”