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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Fri, Dec 26th 2008, 12:39

Derrick Rose's play draws comparisons with Dwyane Wade

The spotlight and story lines might focus on Derrick Rose versus Michael Beasley come Friday in Miami, the first two picks in last June’s NBA draft facing each other for the first time in a regular-season game with a national TV audience watching.

The more fitting comparison, however, is between Rose and Dwyane Wade, two Chicago-area kids whose games — even with Rose merely a rookie — already are similar.

Wade, a former NBA Finals most valuable player, knows it.

“Derrick Rose has taken the league by storm with his athletic ability,” Wade told Miami reporters Wednesday. “He’s one of the best penetrators and finishers that the league has already. And he’s going to keep coming at us.

“I think he’s a little more athletic than me. He’s kind of like me when I came into the league. He’s an attacker. He throws his body in there. He’s a great finisher, just how quick he gets off his feet and how high he jumps.”

All to which Rose would say, like, wow.

“I never patterned my game to be like [Wade’s] because that’s too hard,” Rose said. “I just play my way. He is athletic, I’ll tell you that. He’s a great player. I watched him when he was in college. I really liked his game.”

Heat coach Erik Spoelstra, who served as an assistant during Wade’s rookie season, seconded Wade’s assessment:

“When I watch [Rose], it reminds me of watching Dwyane his rookie year.”

Even though Wade is a Richards High graduate who often spends off-seasons here, Rose said he’s never met the Heat guard, who leads the league in scoring at 29 points per game.

Rose’s relationship with Beasley dates to them being teammates at the McDonald’s All-American game. It grew during the countless joint appearances they made leading up to the draft as the presumed top two picks.